{"product_id":"9780062977397","title":"Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\" title=\"Imani Perry\"\u003eImani Perry\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\" title=\"Imani Perry\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_contributor  title_Author accFont\" title=\"Imani Perry\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"desc_summary0062977393-content\" class=\"expandContent\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA surprising, beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and culture—from National Book Award winner Imani Perry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, Black life has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In daily life, it is evoked in countless ways, from the hopefulness of a blue sky to the deep melancholy of Louis Armstrong’s question, “What did I do to be so Black and blue?” In this book, celebrated author Imani Perry uses the world’s favorite color as a springboard for a riveting emotional, cultural, and spiritual journey—an examination of race and Blackness that transcends politics or ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerry traces both blue and Blackness from their earliest roots to their many embodiments of contemporary culture, drawing deeply from her own life as well as from art and history: the dyed indigo cloths of West Africa that were traded for human life in the sixteenth century; the fundamentally American art form of blues music, sitting at the crossroads of pain and pleasure; the blue flowers Perry plants to honor a loved one, gone too soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoignant, spellbinding, and utterly original, \u003cem\u003eBlack in Blues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a brilliant work that could only have come from the mind of one of our greatest writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandHeader accFont\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Perry, Imani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48102640320745,"sku":"9780062977397","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9780062977397_3f079.jpg?v=1738778826","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9780062977397","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}