![]() ![]() Previously, she taught at the Rutgers University School of Law. ![]() I write because I love sentences, and I love freedom more,” she added.Ī highly-regarded scholar, Perry is currently the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a columnist for The Atlantic. For the hungry, the caged, the disregarded, the holding on-I write for you. I write for the ones who clean the toilets and till the soil and walk the picket lines. “I write for the sinned-against and the sanctified. I write because we children of the lash-scarred, rope-choked, bullet-ridden, desecrated are still here, standing,” Perry said. In her acceptance speech, Perry spoke about how the history of Black Americans has informed and inspired her writing. The book is a New York Times bestseller.Īfter two years of remote celebrations, this year’s ceremony was held at Cipriani Wall Street, a restaurant in New York. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation chronicles Perry’s sojourn to the American South, the place of her birth, to explore politics, identity, culture and race. ![]() Acclaimed author and professor Imani Perry won the National Book Award for nonfiction, reports the New York Times. ![]()
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