Black Joy

  • Author: Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
  • Narrator: Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 7:15:51
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Synopsis

A timely collection of deeply personal, uplifting, and powerful essays that celebrate the redemptive strength of Black joy—in the vein of Black Girls Rock, You Are Your Best Thing, and I Really Needed This Today.

When Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts wrote an essay on Black joy for The Washington Post, she had no idea just how deeply it would resonate. But the outpouring of responses affirmed her own lived experience: that Black joy is not just a weapon of resistance, it is a tool for resilience.

With this book, Tracey aims to gift her community with a collection of lyrical essays about the way joy has evolved, even in the midst of trauma, in her own life. Detailing these instances of joy in the context of Black culture allows us to recognize the power of Black joy as a resource to draw upon, and to challenge the one-note narratives of Black life as solely comprised of trauma and hardship.

Black Joy is a collection that will recharge you. It is the kind of book that is passed between friends and offers both challenge and comfort at the end of a long day. It is an answer for anyone who needs confirmation that they are not alone and a brave place to quiet their mind and heal their soul.

Chapters

  • 001 BlackJoy open

    Duration: 30s
  • 002 BlackJoy dedication

    Duration: 09s
  • 003 BlackJoy epigraph

    Duration: 25s
  • 004 BlackJoy introduction

    Duration: 22min
  • 005 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch1

    Duration: 07min
  • 006 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch2

    Duration: 10min
  • 007 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch3

    Duration: 11min
  • 008 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch4

    Duration: 04min
  • 009 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch5

    Duration: 19min
  • 010 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch6

    Duration: 17min
  • 011 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch7

    Duration: 06min
  • 012 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch8

    Duration: 16min
  • 013 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch9

    Duration: 14min
  • 014 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch10

    Duration: 10min
  • 015 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch11

    Duration: 12min
  • 016 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch12

    Duration: 16min
  • 017 BlackJoy AsResistance Ch13

    Duration: 07min
  • 018 BlackJoy AsResilience Ch14

    Duration: 11min
  • 019 BlackJoy AsResilience Ch15

    Duration: 13min
  • 020 BlackJoy AsResilience Ch16

    Duration: 11min
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