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She's also the author of several books and has published numerous articles on law, cultural studies, and African American studies, including Looking for Lorraine, which is a biography of of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and Breathe, A Letter to My Sons. Imani Perry, welcome back to Fresh Air, and thank you so much for this fascinating book. Oh, thank you for having me.

She's also the author of several books and has published numerous articles on law, cultural studies, and African American studies, including Looking for Lorraine, which is a biography of of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and Breathe, A Letter to My Sons. Imani Perry, welcome back to Fresh Air, and thank you so much for this fascinating book. Oh, thank you for having me.

Can I have you read a passage, page 21, last paragraph? The truth is this.

Can I have you read a passage, page 21, last paragraph? The truth is this.

Can I have you read a passage, page 21, last paragraph? The truth is this.

Thank you so much for that, Amani. I also want to say that this book is, I know you don't think of yourself as a poet, but it's very lyrical. It's really poetry. Thank you. How did meditating on the color blue help you come to a deeper understanding about the use of the word black to articulate what we are?

Thank you so much for that, Amani. I also want to say that this book is, I know you don't think of yourself as a poet, but it's very lyrical. It's really poetry. Thank you. How did meditating on the color blue help you come to a deeper understanding about the use of the word black to articulate what we are?

Thank you so much for that, Amani. I also want to say that this book is, I know you don't think of yourself as a poet, but it's very lyrical. It's really poetry. Thank you. How did meditating on the color blue help you come to a deeper understanding about the use of the word black to articulate what we are?

I want to talk a little bit about music. It's kind of the easiest way to get even deeper into this book and this thought. You know, I think the term blue note is so embedded in our understanding as something that relates to jazz music. If you're not a musician, maybe you just know of it, but not really.

I want to talk a little bit about music. It's kind of the easiest way to get even deeper into this book and this thought. You know, I think the term blue note is so embedded in our understanding as something that relates to jazz music. If you're not a musician, maybe you just know of it, but not really.

I want to talk a little bit about music. It's kind of the easiest way to get even deeper into this book and this thought. You know, I think the term blue note is so embedded in our understanding as something that relates to jazz music. If you're not a musician, maybe you just know of it, but not really.

At least I didn't know what it meant really until I was reading your book and I understood it to mean the in-between. Yeah. I was just really curious how this definition of the in-between works. also allows you to deepen your understanding of how Black people's creation of the art form of jazz itself came to be.

At least I didn't know what it meant really until I was reading your book and I understood it to mean the in-between. Yeah. I was just really curious how this definition of the in-between works. also allows you to deepen your understanding of how Black people's creation of the art form of jazz itself came to be.

At least I didn't know what it meant really until I was reading your book and I understood it to mean the in-between. Yeah. I was just really curious how this definition of the in-between works. also allows you to deepen your understanding of how Black people's creation of the art form of jazz itself came to be.

What did I do to be so black and blue? It was really fun to go down memory lane and listen to these old pieces, I'll say. But what did you learn about how Armstrong really turned this song, which was several decades old by the time he sang it, into really a direct commentary for the time?

What did I do to be so black and blue? It was really fun to go down memory lane and listen to these old pieces, I'll say. But what did you learn about how Armstrong really turned this song, which was several decades old by the time he sang it, into really a direct commentary for the time?

What did I do to be so black and blue? It was really fun to go down memory lane and listen to these old pieces, I'll say. But what did you learn about how Armstrong really turned this song, which was several decades old by the time he sang it, into really a direct commentary for the time?

You also reference Nina Simone. You talk about her first album, which was in 1957. There is this song called Little Girl Blue. I also want to play that. Let's hear a little bit.

You also reference Nina Simone. You talk about her first album, which was in 1957. There is this song called Little Girl Blue. I also want to play that. Let's hear a little bit.

You also reference Nina Simone. You talk about her first album, which was in 1957. There is this song called Little Girl Blue. I also want to play that. Let's hear a little bit.