{"product_id":"how-the-word-is-passed-a-reckoning-with-the-history-of-slavery-across-america-hardcover","title":"How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClint Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstant #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePEN America 2022 John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awards \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Books of 2021 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntropy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e WBEZ's Nerdette Podcast, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeenVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodReads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSheReads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFathom Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the New York Public Library, and the Chicago Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of GQ's 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the \u003ci\u003eNational Book Award \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles Times, Best Nonfiction Gift \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of President Obama's Favorite Books of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, \u003ci\u003eHow the Word Is Passed\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view--whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply imprinted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInformed by scholarship and brought to life by the story of people living today, Smith's debut work of nonfiction is a landmark of reflection and insight that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country and how it has come to be.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClint Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eHow the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Books of 2021. He is also the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eCounting Descent. \u003c\/i\u003eThe book won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He has received fellowships from New America, the Emerson Collective, the Art For Justice Fund, Cave Canem, and the National Science Foundation. His writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. 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