Brother West
Subtitle: living and loving out loud
By: Cornel West with David Ritz.
Contributors: Ritz, David.
Publisher: SmileyBooks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781401921897
Subjects: West, Cornel; West, Cornel -- Political and social views; African American intellectuals -- Biography; African American scholars -- Biography; African American college teachers -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "'Brother West' is like its author: brillant, unapologetic, full of passion, yet cool. This poignant memoir traces West's transformation from a schoolyard Robin Hood into a progressive cultural icon. From his youthful investigation of the "death shudder" to why em embraced his calling of teaching over preaching, from his three marriages and his two precious children to his near-fatal bout with prostate cancer. West illuminates what it means to live as "an aspiring bluesman in a world of ideas and a jazzman in the life of the mind"." -- Inside cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: January 1, 1961; title: My change; title: The bridge; title: Curve balls; title: Negative capability; title: Albert Einstein and Malcolm X; title: R.E.S.P.E.C.T; title: What's going on : Ludvig Wittgenstein and/or Al Green?; title: David Hume and Arthur Schopenhauer in the Brooklyn navy yard; title: The big block; title: Brother Wash; title: Moonlight over Manhattan; title: "Think."; title: Trane; title: Make up to break up; title: Elleni; title: Prophetic fragments; title: "The way you do the things you do"; title: Race matters; title: The dream team; title: What a matter of man; title: What happened to the squeegee folk?; title: Loss; title: Just to keep you satisfied; title: The most passionate love; title: Messing with the wrong brother; title: Womb to tomb; title: Death, taxes, and love; title: Brother Tavis; title: Going away blues.