Sean finished reading Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
Assata: An Autobiography is a 1988 autobiographical book by Assata Shakur. The book was written …
Re-reading the postscript in memoriam. What an important book.
@seanderson13 I'm doing the same thing! I read it for the first time over 20 years ago. Are there things about the book that hit you differently now than when you first read it?
@shotgunseamstress I also read it first in the early 2000s… when I thought I knew everything but really knew next to nothing. So a lot struck me this time as, “I remember reading these words but I don’t remember the feeling I have now of understanding in a connected way what these stories mean and how they can help shape our actions…” The emotional impact feels the same, though.
You?