If I Survive You Poetry and in particular the loss

and in particular the loss of a black identity independent from the history of slavery

"A history told with brilliance and tenderness and fearlessness

to friendly neighbors turned enemy soldiers pausing for tea together in a short cease fire--Manto blurs the edges of geographic

At Vulcan's Celestial Supply Shop

If I Survive You Poetry and in particular the lossTitle: If I Survive You Author: Jonathan Escoffery ISBN: 9781250872210 Publisher: Picador Paper Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Reissue Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: FINALIST FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION. Finalist for the 2023 Pen Faulkner Award, the DUBLIN Literary Award, the Southern Book Award, and the Gordon Burns Award. Nominated