Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America

Written by Daniel Black

Narrated by JD Jackson

*A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of 2023*
*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January*
*An Essence "Books by Black Authors to Read This Winter" Pick​*

A piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America and the ongoing fight for visibility, change, and lasting hope

“There are stories that must be told.”

Acclaimed novelist and scholar Daniel Black has spent a career writing into the unspoken, fleshing out, through storytelling, pain that can’t be described.

Now, in his debut essay collection, Black gives voice to the experiences of those who often find themselves on the margins. Tackling topics ranging from police brutality to the AIDS crisis to the role of HBCUs to queer representation in the black church, Black on Black celebrates the resilience, fortitude, and survival of black people in a land where their body is always on display.

As Daniel Black reminds us, while hope may be slow in coming, it always arrives, and when it does, it delivers beyond the imagination. Propulsive, intimate, and achingly relevant, Black on Black is cultural criticism at its openhearted best.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harlequin Audio
• Release date: Jan 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9781488218330

Daniel Black

Daniel Black is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace and They Tell Me of a Home. He is the winner of the Distinguished Writer Award from the Middle-Atlantic Writer's Association and has been nominated for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, the Ernest J. Gaines Award,and the Georgia Author of the Year Award. He was raised in Blackwell, Arkansas, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews for Black on Black

[Cozette · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent. Loved every insightful essay. Mr. Black gives us a lot to think about with this book.

[Vanessa Williams · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This story was an excellent depiction of the things that plague and trouble the black community. Daniel Black is a formidable voice that speaks for so
many segments of our society; African American men, the LGBTQ+ community, educators, scholars. His message is clear, until the black community saves itself it will forever be an underclass man to other societies. We have embrace ourselves. Love ourselves. Uphold ourselves. Revere ourselves without looking for validation outside of ourselves. I loved this narrative from beginning to end.