Michael Eric Dyson Reader - (Paperback)

About the Book

This collection gathers the best of Dyson's vast and growing body of work from the last several years: his most incisive commentary the most stirring passages, and the sharpest, most probing and broadminded critical analyses.

Book Synopsis

Over the past ten years, the work of Michael Eric Dyson has become the first stop for readers, writers, and thinkers eager for uncommon wisdom on the racial and political dynamics of contemporary America. Whether writing on religion or sexuality or notions of whiteness, on Martin Luther King, Jr. or Tupac Shakur, Dyson's keen insight and rhetorical flair continue to surprise and challenge. This collection gathers the best of Dyson's growing body of work: his most incisive commentary, his most stirring passages, and his sharpest, most probing and broadminded critical analyses. From Michael Jordan to Derrida, Ralph Ellison to the diplomacy of Colin Powell, the mastery and ease with which Dyson tackles just about any subject is without parallel.

Review Quotes

"Dyson's extraordinary mind helps us see connections that otherwise go unnoticed. ... His mind and spirit are free from cant because not only is he a radical thinker who refuses to say anything other than the truth, but he is also a man of courage."

About the Author

Michael Eric Dyson has been named by Ebony as one of the one hundred most influential black Americans and is the author of fourteen other books. He is University Professor at Georgetown University and lives in Washington, D.C.