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mikaelaw 's review for:
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
by Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
This brilliant collection of essays expands the discourse on shame and vulnerability in centering Black humanity. The collection emerged in response to a lot of her Black readers finding Brene Brown's work hard to relate to. Just reading the opening quote from Toni Morrison's Beloved brings me to tears now, as I gather my thoughts and reflect on You Are Your Best Thing. I listened to the anthology and highly recommend hearing each author speak aloud their experiences that brought them to the page. Many of the authors spoke about their creative process, how to put their stories on paper, how to work with grief, claiming and honoring their gender and sexual identity, making meaning of vulnerability inside of white supremacy. It's a brilliant collection of essays – read it!! 5 stars.