{"product_id":"the-way-you-make-me-feel-love-in-black-and-brown-hardcover","title":"The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nina Sharma's thoughtful debut is equal parts memoir, criticism, and long-ranging conversation with a new friend. A love story for the ruminative reader that is generous with both scrutiny and romance.\" --Melissa Febos, author of \u003ci\u003eGirlhood, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friend's Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingston's \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him that's all too familiar to her. She is immediately intrigued--who is this man? In \u003ci\u003eThe Way You Make Me Feel\u003c\/i\u003e, Sharma chronicles her and Quincy's love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a series of sensual and sparkling essays, Sharma reckons with caste, race, colorism, and mental health, moving from her seemingly idyllic suburban childhood through her and Quincy's early sweeping romance in the so-called postracial Obama years and onward to their marriage. Growing up, she hears her parents talk about the racism they experienced at the hands of white America--and as an adult, she confronts the complexities of American racism and the paradox of her family's disappointment when she starts dating a Black man. While watching \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, Sharma dives into the eerie parallels between the brutal death of Steven Yeun's character and the murder of Vincent Chin. She examines the trailblazing Mira Nair film \u003ci\u003eMississippi Masala\u003c\/i\u003e, revolutionary in its time for depicting a love story between an Indian woman and a Black man on screen, and considers why interracial relationships are so often assumed to include white people. And as she and Quincy decide whether to start a family, they imagine a universe in which Vice President Kamala Harris could possibly be their time-traveling daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with a keen critical eye and seamlessly weaving in history, pop culture, and politics, \u003ci\u003eThe Way You Make Me Feel\u003c\/i\u003e reaffirms the idea that allyship is an act of true love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e's work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Longreads\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Margins\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University, she served as the programs director at the Asian American Writers' Workshop and currently teaches at Columbia and Barnard College. She is a proud cofounder of the all-South Asian women's improv group Not Your Biwi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.5 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748852859168,"sku":"9780593492826","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b097bb35dfa9ff0c0ad08b8e016ccfbe.webp?v=1779918167","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-way-you-make-me-feel-love-in-black-and-brown-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}