How to Live Free in a Dangerous World – A Decolonial Memoir
In their latest book, Shayla Lawson demonstrates how, in a society where being Black, femme, nonbinary, and disabled can be perilous, travel itself can be a political act. Shayla Lawson explores deeper meanings within love, time, and the self through their signature prose, which is at times strong, muscular, and dazzling.
Lawson’s travels offer unexpected insights into life in and out of love through interactions with a stunning gondolier in Venice, an ex-husband in the Netherlands, and a lost love on New Year’s Eve in Mexico City. During a near escape in Egypt, they discover the value of friendships and the perils of beauty. They take us on a covert tour of Black freedom groups in Portugal after examining Blackness in post-dictatorship Zimbabwe.
Lawson guides readers on a profoundly enlightening journey that takes them from a French castle to a Jamaican hula hoop competition, a traditional theater in Tokyo, a Prince concert in Minnesota, and, ultimately, to finding freedom on a Bermuda beach. Lawson fully explores each place and their most profound feelings. Ultimately, they learn how self-transformation and unthinkable new freedoms can result from the hardships of marriage, bereavement, and lost connections.
Size : 1.3 MB | English | 2024 | EPUB | 9780593472583