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Ordinary Notes

by Christina Sharpe

National Book · 2023 · ShortlistNational Book · 2023 · Shortlist
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Farrar, Straus and GirouxNonfictionISBN 9780374608415

Award History

AwardYearStatus
National Book Award for Nonfiction2023Shortlist
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction2023Shortlist

About This Book

Christina Sharpe's 248 numbered notes move between personal memoir, cultural criticism, and political meditation to examine Blackness, mourning, and art. Written in the wake of her mother's death, the book weaves together elegiac lyricism and radical critique. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award.

About the Author

Christina Sharpe

Christina Sharpe is an author whose work has been recognized by major literary awards.

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