Disposable People, Disposable Planet
On the "Living Writers on Revolution" List compiled by The Editorial Board of Edge Effects Magazine
"Kitanya Harrison’s collection of essays remains strikingly and unfortunately, relevant. As Harrison writes in the introduction to Disposable People, Disposable Planet: 'Each essay in this volume discusses something precious that is being devalued. Black lives. The rain forest. Facts. Silence and solitude.' In the essay that gives the collection its title, Harrison takes the example of Hurricane Katrina to warn about the allures of revisionist history, of forgetting the recent past in favor of an easier, copacetic narrative that whitewashes ongoing violence and inequality. Many will find echoes of current conversations throughout the wide-ranging collection, which includes essays about Colin Kaepernick’s protests, the dangers of white feminism, and police brutality. In some ways, each essay circles around a common question about justice, crisis, and the possibility of collective change: 'What are we prepared to do to survive?'"

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