Super interesting and super powerful book. You will likely have heard about this book through the author’s perspective on Palestine. It is that and much more. 

It’s a beautiful blend memoir, writing craft and vocation, and then a very deft look at Jim Crow in the US and Palestine occupation and the US’s role in crafting a narrative for easy consumption of our own ideologies. Like Coates’ other work, there is nothing simplistic or jingoistic about this. It is deep and complex and offers no easy answers to the observations Coates raises. And well worth reading and wrestling with. Highly recommended.