PBS Books | Author Talk: Imani Perry @PBSBooks | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation with award-winning Imani Perry, author of "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation," winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction. For anyone who enjoys learning about our nation, this author shares thought-provoking stories, facts, and personal narratives and takes readers on a fantastic journey throughout the South to understand our nation. Imani shares about her work with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., including her role in "Making Black America: Through The Grapevine," and the important work of Zora Neale Hurston, whose new documentary will air on PBS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in January 2023. Don’t miss this incredible conversation!
ABOUT: Imani Perry
Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University where she also teaches in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Law and Public Affairs and Jazz Studies. She has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D in the history of American civilization from Harvard University. Perry is the author of "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation," winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and "Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry," winner of the Bograd-Weld Biography Prize of 2019 from the Pen America Foundation. She is also the author of "Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation," and "May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem," which was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Nonfiction. Perry, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, who grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chicago, lives outside of Philadelphia with her two sons.
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation with award-winning Imani Perry, author of "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation," winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction. For anyone who enjoys learning about our nation, this author shares thought-provoking stories, facts, and personal narratives and takes readers on a fantastic journey throughout the South to understand our nation. Imani shares about her work with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., including her role in "Making Black America: Through The Grapevine," and the important work of Zora Neale Hurston, whose new documentary will air on PBS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in January 2023. Don’t miss this incredible conversation!
ABOUT: Imani Perry
Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University where she also teaches in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Law and Public Affairs and Jazz Studies. She has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D in the history of American civilization from Harvard University. Perry is the author of "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation," winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and "Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry," winner of the Bograd-Weld Biography Prize of 2019 from the Pen America Foundation. She is also the author of "Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation," and "May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem," which was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Nonfiction. Perry, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, who grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chicago, lives outside of Philadelphia with her two sons.
