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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America Audiobook
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"Elegantly written, Tears We Cannot Stop is powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A work to relish." —Toni Morrison
"Here’s a sermon that’s as fierce as it is lucid. It shook me up, but in a good way. This is how it works if you’re black in America, this is what happens, and this is how it feels. If you’re black, you’ll feel a spark of recognition in every paragraph. If you’re white, Dyson tells you what you need to know—what this white man needed to know, at least. This is a major achievement. I read it and said amen." —Stephen King
As the country grapples with racist division at a level not seen since the 1960s, one man's voice is heard above the rest. In his New York Times op-ed piece "Death in Black and White," Michael Eric Dyson moved a nation. Isabel Wilkerson called it "an unfiltered Marlboro of black pain" and "crushingly powerful," and Beyonce tweeted about it. Now he continues to speak out in Tears We Cannot Stop—a provocative and deeply personal call for change. Dyson argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted. Short, emotional, literary, powerful—this is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read.
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"Challenging, offensive, and eye opening. This book is a must read, and it must be read with empathy and open eyes and ears. "
— Tara (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Could not be a more welcome read.”
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“An unapologetically bold plea for America to own up to its inexplicable identity anxiety.”
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“One of the most frank and searing discussions on race.”
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“Readers will find searing moments…But more than education, Dyson wants a reckoning.”
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“Tears We Cannot Stop is meant to change your thinking.”
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“Dyson lays bare our conscience, then offers redemption through our potential change.”
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“As fierce as it is lucid. It shook me up, but in a good way…I read it and said amen.”
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“Moving personal recollections, profound cultural analysis, and guidance for moral redemption. A work to relish.”
— Toni Morrison, New York Times bestselling author -
"Wow! Eloquently delivered, sermon-style, without anger or bitterness, this is one of the most heartfelt calls to action I’ve ever heard.
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"Michael Eric Dyson's elegant discussion of the role of race and privilege in white culture proves to be simultaneously provocative and sincere. Because he has framed his book as a sermon, audio is a natural medium for the work.
— AudioFile Magazine
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A New York Times Bestseller
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A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
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A Washington Post Bestseller
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A Boston Globe Bestseller
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A London Guardian Pick for Most Anticipated Books of 2017
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A Bustle Pick of Most Anticipated Books for 2017
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A Kirkus Reviews Pick of 10 Books That Challenge Racism
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Thomas Traylor, 3/30/2020
About Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books, a widely celebrated professor, a prominent public intellectual, an ordained Baptist minister, and a noted political analyst. He has twice won the NAACP Image Award winner and won the American Book Award for Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. His book The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. He is also a highly sought-after public speaker. He is the recipient of the 2020 Langston Hughes Festival Medallion, and Ebony magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 150 most powerful Black people in the nation. Follow him on Twitter @michaeledyson and on his official Facebook page (facebook.com/michaelericdyson).