AsseenonABC’sTheView-OneofWmagazine’sMostAnticipatedBooksofFall2023“Wereservethisspaceforourhumanityinallofitsfond,ironic,elated,grief-stricken,confusedglory...Whenyoufindyourselfaloneanddowntrodden,whenthenewsistoomuch,returntothesepages.Thisoneisforyou.“--fromtheintroductionbyColeBrownandNatalieJohnson“There’ssomethingparticularlyspecialaboutBlackLove.Whenyouconsiderthehistoryofourpeople,thestrifeandadversitywe’veovercome,loveseemsanalmostillogicallyambitiousactofresistance.“--fromtheforewordbyJohnLegendFromcelebratedBlackwriters,creators,andthinkers--andwithaforewordbyJohnLegend--comesacollectionoflettersandoriginalillustrationsonthesubjectofBlacklove,apowerfulandheartfeltcelebrationofBlacknessinallitsmanyforms.Inthisexquisiteanthologyoflettersandillustrations,ColeBrownandNatalieJohnsonbringtogetheraconstellationofinfluentialBlackfigurestowritetothepeople,places,andmomentsthatmeanthemosttothem.WithaforewordfromJohnLegendandcontributionsfromBrontezPurnell,MorganJerkins,ReverendAlSharpton,andDr.ImaniPerry,amongmanyothers,BlackLoveLettersisanodetoaphenomenalcommunity:atestamenttothefactthatwheretherehasbeenpainandsuffering,therehasalsoalwaysbeenimmeasurable,irrepressiblejoyandlove.Withlettersfrom:AkiliKing-ReverendAlSharpton-AlexandraElle-AllisaCharles-Findley-BarbaraEdelin-BelindaWalker-BenCrump-BillWhitaker-BilquisuAbdullah-BriannaHolt-BrontezPurnell-ColeBrown-DanezSmith-DickParsons-DeborahWillis-DougJones-DouglasKearney-ImaniPerry-JamilaWoods-JanMenafee-JayneAllen-JehCharlesJohnson-JennaWortham-JonathanCapehart-JohnLegend-JoelCast籀n-Joy-AnnReid-JustusCorneliusPugh-KwameDawes-LynaeVaneeBogues-MahoganyBrowne-MalachiElijah-MichaelEricDyson-MorganJerkins-NadiaOwusu-NatalieJohnson-RakaReynolds-RhiannaJones-ChefRōzeTraore-SojournerBrown-TaranaBurke-TembeDenton-Hurst-TopazJones-TraceyMichae’lLewis-Giggetts-VJJenkins
