Be about Beauty

by Kalamu ya Salaam

Activist, educator, filmmaker, writer, and poet Kalamu ya Salaam (born Vallery Ferdinand, III on 24 March 1947 in New Orleans) presents a collection of selected writings that celebrates "essential human beauty and goodness." Through essays, poetry, and speeches, ya Salaam distills his years of wisdom, reflecting on a career built on art and activism, which strove to create community while resisting the powerful who worked to tear it apart. Intensely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608011666
• ISBN13: 9781608011667
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of New Orleans Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.7"