5/10/2023 0 Comments Shelter by Lawrence Jackson![]() It establishes Lawrence Jackson as a maverick, essential writer. Shelter is an extraordinary biography of a city and a celebration of our capacity for domestic thriving. But his purchase, and what it might mean for his children, provides a foundation for this personal, spiritual, and civic history that captures the raging absurdity of American life. ![]() His new neighborhood, Homeland-largely White, built on racial covenants-is not where he is "supposed" to live. In 2016, Lawrence Jackson accepted a new job in Baltimore, searched for schools for his sons, and bought a house. A stirring consideration of homeownership, fatherhood, race, faith, and the history of an American city. ![]() With sardonic wit, Jackson describes his struggle to make a home in the city that had just been convulsed by the uprising that followed the murder of Freddie Gray. Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore is a long, enlightening and challenging journey (with frequent side trips) through time and the city from Jackson’s childhood to fatherhood, but. Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore. ![]() This would be unremarkable but for the fact that he grew up in West Baltimore and his job was at Johns Hopkins, whose vexed relationship to its neighborhood, to the city and its history, provides a point of departure for this captivating memoir in essays. Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore by Lawrence Jackson LOOK INSIDE Paperback 26.99 26.99 Book Information ISBN: 9781644450833 Format: Paperback Pub Date: Category : Biography & True Stories / Memoirs Imprint: Graywolf Press Pages: 320 Price: 26. When Lawrence Jackson accepted a new job teaching in Baltimore, he searched for schools for his sons and bought a house. ![]()
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