num_pages: 240
description: Four decades of essays illuminate the ideas and influence of this poet, lecturer, publisher, and founder of numerous writing programs to train black writers. Outspoken about the need to identify and strengthen a uniquely black literary tradition in America, these essays trace the author's ideas from the early ""From Pan to Planet"" to his most recent book of essays, ""Tough A Healing Call For Creating Exceptional Black Men."" The collection mixes the most well-known essays with shorter jottings that provide historical context and revive conversations on empowerment and self-examination that are still fresh and relevant today.
language: English
title: Freedom to Self-Destruct: Much Easier to Believe Than Think, New and Collected Essays
titlecomplete: Freedom to Self-Destruct: Much Easier to Believe Than Think, New and Collected Essays
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Third World Press