This book has So. Many. beautifully written five star reviews already—what can I say?

It’s two essays. One, a letter to his nephew about being Black in America. The other, memoire-y thoughts about his early experience in the (Christian) church and then the Civil Rights era Nation of Islam.

They’re the kind of essays where you highlight everything. Where you start quoting it in casual conversation. Because it’s both incredibly written and… really getting at the heart of the human experience.

It’s really short. Together, the two essays are less than 100 pages. And I’d 10/10 recommend it, if you haven’t read it already.