{"product_id":"we-were-eight-years-in-power-an-american-tragedy-paperback","title":"We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTa-Nehisi Coates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)New York Times Bestseller\r\nFinalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\r\nNamed One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times - USA Today -Time - Los Angeles Times - San Francisco Chronicle - Essence - O: The Oprah Magazine - The Week - Kirkus Reviews\r\n\r\n\"We were eight years in power\" was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South.\r\n\r\n\"In this \"urgently relevant\"* collection featuring the landmark essay \"The Case for Reparations,\" the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me \"reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath\"*--including the election of Donald Trump.\" - Kirkus Reviews\r\n\r\n“Though the essays are about a particular period, Coates’s themes reflect broader social and political phenomena. It’s this timeless timeliness—reminiscent of the work of George Orwell and James Baldwin—that makes Coates worth reading again and again.” - Publishers Weekly\r\n\r\n“Essential . . . Coates’s probing essays about race, politics, and history became necessary ballast for this nation’s gravity-defying moment.” - The Boston Globe\r\n\r\nIn this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America's \"first white president.\"\r\n\r\nBut the story of these present-day 8 years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period--and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation's old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective--the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president.\r\n\r\nWe Were Eight Years in Power features Coates's iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including \"Fear of a Black President,\" \"The Case for Reparations,\" and \"The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,\" along with 8 fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates's own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era. We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.\r\n\r\nAuthor Biography\r\nTA-NEHISI COATES is a national correspondent for The Atlantic. His book Between the World and Me won the National Book Award in 2015. Coates is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.\n            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978478354733,"sku":"9780399590573","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/YnpwZ01oS29hUnNMMEdETHlISXhoZz09.webp?v=1775805390","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/we-were-eight-years-in-power-an-american-tragedy-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}