{"product_id":"just-us-an-american-conversation-paperback","title":"Just Us: An American Conversation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaudia Rankine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, Claudia Rankine's \"skyscraper in the literature on racism\" (\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJust Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Claudia Rankine invites us into a necessary conversation about Whiteness in America. What would it take for us to breach the silence, guilt, and violence that arise from addressing Whiteness for what it is? What are the consequences if we keep avoiding this conversation? What might it look like if we step into it? \"I learned early that being right pales next to staying in the room,\" she writes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis brilliant assembly of essays, poems, documents, and images disrupts the false comfort of our culture's liminal and private spaces--the airport, the theater, the dinner party, the voting booth--where neutrality and politeness deflect true engagement in our shared problems. Rankine makes unprecedented art out of the actual voices and rebuttals of others: White men responding to, and with, their White male privilege; a friend clarifying her unexpected behavior at a play; and women on the street expressing the political currency of dyeing their hair blond, all running alongside fact-checked notes and commentary that complement Rankine's own text, complicating notions of authority and who gets the last word. Funny, vulnerable, and prescient, \u003ci\u003eJust Us \u003c\/i\u003eis Rankine's most intimate and urgent book, a crucial call to challenge our vexed reality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Rankine\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, an essayist, and a playwright. \u003ci\u003eJust Us\u003c\/i\u003e completes her groundbreaking trilogy, following \u003ci\u003eDon't Let Me Be Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCitizen\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a MacArthur Fellow and teaches at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768050811168,"sku":"9781644450635","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/94df3b1ba612af5c4f2d61cbfa3e42f2.webp?v=1780323549","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/just-us-an-american-conversation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}