Ain't Burned All the Bright
Jason Reynolds
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this contemplation-manifesto-fierce-vulnerable-gorgeous-terrifying-WhatIsWrongWithHumans-hope-filled-hopeful-searing-Eye-Poppingly-Illustrated-tender-heartbreaking-how-The-HECK-did-They-Come-UP-with-This project about oxygen. And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW. And so for anyone who didn’t really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generations, now you know. And those who already do, you’ll be nodding yep yep, that is exactly how it is.
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I have never listened to a book that took my breath away. I have never felt so moved by words before. This was extremely powerful and incredibly deep. I did not have the physical copy of the book so I know I am missing a significant chunk of this book that I'm sure would put this book way more over the top than it already is. The audiobook was less than 15 mins long and the entire time it felt like I needed to cry, I had chills and I felt these words throughout my whole body. 2020 was a very hard year for everyone but it was extremely hard for POC. This was amazing. Read it.
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