Bean
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Eve L. Ewing:
Eve, I just finished Ghosts in the Schoolyard and am really blown away. I was especially intrigued to see the connection you make between institutional mourning and the Afro-pessimist concept of 'social death'. Do you consider your work to be part of an Afro-pessimist lineage? I've been really compelled by what I've read in this tradition so far, and am eager for more to read in this vein!
Eve L. Ewing
I really appreciate you reading the book and sending along this question! I don't consider myself an Afro-pessimist in a broad sense, but I do find Afro-pessimist perspectives to be useful and important intellectual contributions, especially for thinking about the "afterlives" of slavery both politically and ontologically. Especially work by Black feminists such as Saidiya Hartman and Hortense Spillers.
Thanks again for reading!
Thanks again for reading!
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aurkihnowe
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Eve L. Ewing:
Hi I came here via Haymarket books on Twitter.... I put your book on my to-read list hopefully my library will pick it up. It looks like a varied collection I'm just curious who your main influences are I know that's a trite question, but, I'm an aspiring writer myself, so,?
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