book review the love songs of web dubois

Du Bois by Honore Fanonne Jeffers is set to be one of the most talked about books of the. At the opening, set deep in the mists of history, we’re met with. Sweeping, compulsive and deeply moving, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Suffice it to say this book should be read by anyone and everyone from any and everywhere. Sweeping back and forth across the years, her narration shifts nimbly to reflect the tenor of the times - from the shared legends of tribal people to the candid realism of the modern era. Honoree Fannone Jeffers has written a novel so beautiful, so complex, and so historically necessary, it is hard to offer a review worthy of the stunning The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” is the protean quality of Jeffers’s voice. One of the many marvels of “The Love Songs of W.E.B. As any honest record of several centuries must, Jeffers’s story traverses a geography of unspeakable horror, but it eventually arrives at a place of hard-won peace. This one feels like a new great American novel, sweeping and forceful. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americans - the revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’ words all too well.

Yes, at roughly 800 pages, it is, indeed, a mountain to climb, but the journey is engrossing, and the view from the summit will transform your understanding of America.Ī poet whose most recent collection, “The Age of Phillis,” was longlisted for a National Book Award, Jeffers has poured a lifetime of experience and research into this epic about the travails of a Black family. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called Double Consciousness, a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called Double Consciousness, a sensitivity. Du Bois” is the kind of book that comes around only once a decade. Whatever must be said to get you to heft this daunting debut novel by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, I’ll say, because “The Love Songs of W.E.B.

Book review the love songs of web dubois