I spoke to her last January when it was published in hardback.ĭAVIES: Imani Perry, welcome to FRESH AIR. She's currently the Hughes-Rogers professor of African American studies at Princeton and the author of five previous books, including "Looking For Lorraine," a biography of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and, more recently, "Breathe: A Letter To My Sons." Her book "South To America" comes out in paperback at the end of February. Perry earned a bachelor's degree from Yale, then a law degree at Harvard, where she also got her Ph.D. Imani Perry was born in Birmingham, Ala., and though she moved away as a child, she always considered it her home. The National Book Foundation called her book "South To America" an essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals and landscapes of the American South and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America. As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, we're going to listen to my interview with Princeton African American studies professor Imani Perry, who's just received the National Book Award for nonfiction. I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross.
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