10. Best African American Essays 2009
Tobias Wolff once wrote, "All this parading on the high road has nothing to do with the real possibility of the personal essay, which is to catch oneself in the act of being human." Each time I return to this excerpt, I am reminded of the gift of prose. The ability to communicate telepathically from writer to reader transcending time and geographic barriers.
The Best African American Essays 2009 compiled by Gerald Early and Debra J. Dickerson catches snapshots of the African American community in the act of being human. This collection of essays includes the words of Walter Mosley, Chimamanda Adichie, Martha Southgate, Malcolm Gladwell, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michael Eric Dyson and (then) Senator Barack Obama. Spanning the topics of entertainment, science, sexuality, race and activism, this collection is a vivid depection of Black America towards the close of the first decade of the 21st century.
If you would like to know who's thinking and who's writing, Best African American Essays is a great place to start.
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