by Saidiya Hartman
Goodreads entry for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
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“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” ― Antonio Gramsci, Gramsci's Prison Letters
by Saidiya Hartman
Goodreads entry for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments