{"product_id":"darkly-isbn-9781912248544","title":"Darkly","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating journey into the dark heart of the American gothic that analyzes its connections to race and racism in 21st-century America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Haunted houses, bitter revenants and muffled heartbeats under floorboards—the American gothic is a macabre tale based on a true story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part memoir and part cultural critique, \u003ci\u003eDarkly\u003c\/i\u003e explores American culture’s inevitable gothicity in the traces left from chattel slavery. The persistence of white supremacy and the ubiquity of Black death feeds a national culture of terror and a perpetual undercurrent of mourning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If the gothic narrative is metabolized fear, if the goth aesthetic is\"I am struck by the depth of Leila Taylor's vision. The generosity shown in the way a history (and present) is illuminated. This book does so much beautiful work to widen the expectations and understandings of blackness, and I am immensely thankful for it.\" \u003cbr\u003e— \u003cb\u003eHanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest and They Can't Kill Us Until they Kill Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eA powerful and deeply personal exploration of what it means to be an outsider within an outsider culture. Between the black aesthetic of goth culture and the Blackness of America, Leila Taylor navigates seamlessly between cultural critique, personal history, and a history of America's troubled past in writing that is incessant, curious, and generous, and a voice that is at turns both searing and vulnerable. Powerful and strange, uncanny and unforgettable.\u003cb\u003e\" — \u003cb\u003eColin Dickey, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhostland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTakes us on a path that connects the Middle Ages, Edgar Allen Poe, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Afropunk, Prince, Black Lives Matter, and Hot Topic. It’s an incredible journey...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" — \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaratunde Thurston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFascinating. A revelatory exploration of blackness, goth culture and the ramifications of inherited trauma.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrenosen Okojie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA rare glimpse into American gothic from an African American perspective.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"I am struck by the depth of Leila Taylor's vision. The generosity shown in the way a history (and present) is illuminated. This book does so much beautiful work to widen the expectations and understandings of blackness, and I am immensely thankful for it.\"\u003cbr\u003e– \u003cb\u003eHanif Abdurraqib, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eGo Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThey Can't Kill Us Until they Kill Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful and deeply personal exploration of what it means to be an outsider within an outsider culture. Between the black aesthetic of goth culture and the Blackness of America, Leila Taylor navigates seamlessly between cultural critique, personal history, and a history of America's troubled past in writing that is incessant, curious, and generous, and a voice that is at turns both searing and vulnerable. Powerful and strange, uncanny and unforgettable.\" \u003cbr\u003e– \u003cb\u003eColin Dickey, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhostland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Takes us on a path that connects the Middle Ages, Edgar Allen Poe, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Afropunk, Prince, Black Lives Matter, and Hot Topic. It’s an incredible journey...\" \u003cbr\u003e– \u003cb\u003eBaratunde Thurston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating. A revelatory exploration of blackness, goth culture and the ramifications of inherited trauma.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Irenosen Okojie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A rare glimpse into American gothic from an African American perspective.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e– \u003c\/i\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLeila Taylor is a former goth kid and current Creative Director at Brooklyn Public Library. She's given talks at the International Gothic Association and the Morbid Anatomy Museum, has an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University and an MA in Liberal Studies from The New School of Social Research. This is her first book.","brand":"Repeater","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300496593125,"sku":"NP9781912248544","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781912248544.jpg?v=1767724731","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/darkly-isbn-9781912248544","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}