{"product_id":"tears-we-cannot-stop-a-sermon-to-white-america-paperback","title":"Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Eric Dyson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, INDIEBOUND, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, CHRONICLE HERALD, SALISBURY POST, GUELPH MERCURY TRIBUNE, \u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eBOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST\/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarTribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlavity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e NBC New York's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill's Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Kirkus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Essence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most frank and searing discussions on race ... a deeply serious, urgent book, which should take its place in the tradition of Baldwin's \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e and King's \u003ci\u003eWhy We Can't Wait\u003c\/i\u003e. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eToni Morrison hails \u003ci\u003eTears We Cannot Stop\u003c\/i\u003e as Elegantly written and powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A work to relish. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen King says: Here's a sermon that's as fierce as it is lucid...If you're black, you'll feel a spark of recognition in every paragraph. If you're white, Dyson tells you what you need to know--what this white man needed to know, at least. This is a major achievement. I read it and said amen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShort, emotional, literary, powerful--\u003ci\u003eTears We Cannot Stop\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the country grapples with racist division at a level not seen since the 1960s, one man's voice soars above the rest with conviction and compassion. In his 2016 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e op-ed piece Death in Black and White, Michael Eric Dyson moved a nation. Now he continues to speak out in \u003ci\u003eTears We Cannot Stop--\u003c\/i\u003ea provocative and deeply personal call for change. Dyson argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe time is at hand for reckoning with the past, recognizing the truth of the present, and moving together to redeem the nation for our future. If we don't act now, if you don't address race immediately, there very well may be no future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL ERIC DYSON\u003c\/b\u003e--distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts \u0026amp; Science, and of Ethics and Society, Divinity School, and Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University--is one of America's premier public intellectuals and the author of over five \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers including \u003ci\u003eJAY-Z\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTears We Cannot Stop\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat Truth Sounds Like\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLong Time Coming\u003c\/i\u003e. A contributing opinion writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Dyson is a recipient of two NAACP Image awards and the 2020 Langston Hughes Festival Medallion. Former president Barack Obama has noted: \"Everybody who speaks after Michael Eric Dyson pales in comparison.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759900131616,"sku":"9781250776679","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ce53d8cbc740580bd8aa8fc4ef36fba.webp?v=1780165576","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tears-we-cannot-stop-a-sermon-to-white-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}