![]() ![]() ![]() Imani vividly conveys, too, a duality that has pervaded the South over the course of its history, particularly for those oppressed there: on the one hand, grief, pain, and atrocity on the other, joy, vibrancy, and beauty. She also makes the case that the South could have a better claim to the name “Heartland of America” than the Midwest, because “the way Americans relate to the use of land and labor is so shaped by the South.” Wade, to episodes of mass violence, to the treatment of immigrants at the border. This is both a central premise of Imani Perry’s latest book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, which is a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and a proposition she explores in depth in this episode of Book Dreams.ĭuring her conversation with co-hosts Eve Yohalem and Julie Sternberg, Imani illuminates the connections between Southern history and pivotal aspects of contemporary American society-everything from the overturning of Roe v. If we want to understand America today, we must first understand the South. ![]()
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