You Are Your Best Thing
Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and the Black Experience: An anthology
$42.63
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2021
Summary
Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.
Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, and more.
It started as a text between two friends. Tarana Burke, founder of the ‘me too.’ Movement, texted researcher and wri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785043826 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 178504382X |
| Author: | Tarana Burke, Brené Brown |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vermilion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 257g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke (External Editor)
Tarana J. Burke has worked at the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice for more than twenty-five years. She has created and led various campaigns to interrupt sexual violence and other systemic inequalities disproportionately impacting marginalized people, particularly Black women and girls, including the ‘me too’ movement. Burke was part of the Silence Breakers, named Time magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2018. She has also received the 2019 Sydney Peace Prize, Harvard University’s Gleitsman Award, and the Ridenhour Courage Prize.
Brene Brown (External Editor)
Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation-Brene Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the last two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy, and is the author of four #1 New York Times bestsellers- Braving the Wilderness, The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly and Rising Strong. Brene’s TED talk, ‘The Power of Vulnerability’, is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 45 million views. Brene lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve, and their children, Ellen and Charlie.
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