Hope on a Tightrope: The Words & Wisdom by Cornel West

Overview

The New York Times best-selling author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters offers open-hearted wisdom for our times in this courageous collection of quotations, speech excerpts, letters, philosophy, and photographs that reflect the profound humanity that fuels the passionate public intellectual. In a world that seesaws between unconditional love and acceptance and blind hatred and exclusion, Hope on a Tightrope will satisfy readers in search of deep wells of inspiration and challenge that marries the mind to the heart. This gift book features an original CD that highlights Dr. West's outstanding spoken-word artistry. His August 2007 CD release Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations that featured collaborations with best-selling artists Prince, Jill Scott, and Andre 3000 topped the charts as Billboard's #1 Spoken Word album.

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Bio of Cornel West

African-American writer, educator, and activist Cornell West was educated at both Harvard and Princeton University, where he earned both his M. A. and Ph.D. West has served as the W. E. B. DuBois Lecturer at Harvard University and is currently a professor at Harvard University. West wrote Race Matters and Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America, two novels about the controversial issues surrounding African-Americans today. 030

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Imprint

Hay House

Filesize

4.12 MB

Number of Pages

140

eBook ISBN

9781401923600