num_pages: 96
description: Mixing biography and autobiography, casual talk with soul-bearing revelations, the author of Balm in Gilead uses a kind of "human archaeology" to reveal the complex, nuanced lives of six middle-class African-American achievers. Strikingly candid portraits explore the experiences and events that have shaped their identities and influenced the course of their lives.
language: English
title: I've Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation
titlecomplete: I've Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation
genres: African American, Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 49
publisher: Penguin Books