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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
by Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
“You are your best thing.” - Toni Morrison, Beloved
You know what else is the best thing… this book!! Tarana Burke and Brené Brown created a brilliant anthology of essays by some of the greatest Black authors, artists and cultural figures of our time (Jason Reynolds, Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Austin Channing Brown and Kaia Naadira, just to name a few).
I have yet to read a book that encompasses so much of what can weigh on the hearts and minds of a Black person that is just not talked about. These honest stories delve into the guilt of showing emotion, feeling a lack of deservedness, “crazy” thoughts, vulnerability, stolen joy and the shame of being a stereotype.
"These pages are breathing room for our humanity." - Tarana Burke
This book is just a glimpse into the diversity and complexity of the Black experience and the basic, human right to feel seen.
You know what else is the best thing… this book!! Tarana Burke and Brené Brown created a brilliant anthology of essays by some of the greatest Black authors, artists and cultural figures of our time (Jason Reynolds, Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Austin Channing Brown and Kaia Naadira, just to name a few).
I have yet to read a book that encompasses so much of what can weigh on the hearts and minds of a Black person that is just not talked about. These honest stories delve into the guilt of showing emotion, feeling a lack of deservedness, “crazy” thoughts, vulnerability, stolen joy and the shame of being a stereotype.
"These pages are breathing room for our humanity." - Tarana Burke
This book is just a glimpse into the diversity and complexity of the Black experience and the basic, human right to feel seen.