Midway through , Imani Perry’s bracing and breathtaking exploration of all things Southern, Perry pauses to dissect the word . A professor of African American studies at Princeton University and the acclaimed author of a biography of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, among other books, Perry hails from Birmingham, Alabama. “‘Home’ is one word for me,” she writes. “I bristle whenever people use the word for me elsewhere,” citing the places (Cambridge, Massachusetts; Chicago; Philadelphia)
Homeward Bound
Nov 15, 2021
3 minutes
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