{"product_id":"kevin-powell-reader-the","title":"Kevin Powell Reader The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA hopeful and insightful collection by one of the great voices of our time \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Kevin Powell Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is an electric and deeply inspiring selection from Powell''s lifework, spanning the Reagan-Bush years of AIDS and crack epidemics to our current era framed by the COVID-19 pandemic; the tragic killing of George Floyd; the #MeToo movement; and much more.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Essence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"[Powell] has consistently published candid nonfiction political books, memoirs, and collections of poetry and essays . . . This comprehensive anthology of the writer''s selections of his most important pieces is essential to aspiring writers and readers interested viewing Black life through a vast and diverse lens.\" \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAmsterdam News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Powell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eis one of the most prolific and acclaimed American writers, thinkers, activists, and public speakers of the past three decades. His writings are important contributions to our national conversations on race, gender, class, politics, pop culture, celebrity, hip-hop, and the past, present, and future of the United States.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kevin Powell Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is an electric and deeply inspiring selection from Powell’s lifework, spanning the Reagan-Bush years of AIDS and crack epidemics to our current era framed by the COVID-19 pandemic; the tragic killing of George Floyd; the #MeToo movement; and much more. In a journey that has produced fifteen books, countless cover stories, hundreds of published pieces, and definitive writings on iconic figures like Stacey Abrams, Dave Chappelle, Kerry Washington, Sidney Poitier, Cicely Tyson, Kobe Bryant, Tupac Shakur, Aretha Franklin, and Kendrick Lamar, Powell is a voice for our times, and a voice that is timeless.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThis collection also tracks Powell’s personal struggles and his unwavering honesty about himself and the world around him. \u003ci\u003eThe Kevin Powell Reader\u003c\/i\u003e captures twenty-first-century America with hope, insight, and the urgent need to preserve freedom and justice for all people.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308361294206,"sku":"NW9781636141015","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781636141015.jpg?v=1778578525","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/kevin-powell-reader-the","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}