Today is W. E. B. Du Bois's birthday! He would have been 149 years old. Restless is celebrating the life of this pioneering civil-rights activist and sociologist by offering a special 25% discount on the Restless Classics edition of his magnum opus, The Souls of Black Folk, which Atlantic staff writer and introducer Vann R. Newkirk II calls "perhaps the most influential work about race in America." Included in the edition are beautiful original illustrations by printmaker Steve Prince, who in his images tells "the potent story of African-Americans rising from the depths of slavery and making a way out of no way." Enter "DUBOISDAY" at checkout when you buy the book from Restless to get 25% off.
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Essence Magazine Features 'The Souls of Black Folk'
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Essence publishes Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk II's striking introduction to the Restless Classics edition of The Souls of Black Folk with the riveting illustrations of printmaker Steve Prince.
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- April 25, 2017: UIC Polish Studies Annual Hejna Conference (Chicago, IL)
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- April 29, 2017: Common Good Books (Saint Paul, MN)
- May 2, 2017: Ridgewoodteka Book Club at Topos Bookstore Café (Ridgewood [Queens], NY)
- May 3, 2017: PEN World Voices Festival: "Water as Weapon" (New York, NY)
- May 4, 2017: PEN World Voices Festival's Literary Quest: Westbeth Edition (New York, NY)
- May 5, 2017: Lit Crawl NYC's "A Most Exquisite Corpse" (New York, NY)
- May 6, 2017: Greenpoint Public Library (Brooklyn, NY)
- May 26, 2017: Hay Festival (Hay-on-Wye, Wales, UK)
- August 13, 2017: Edinburgh International Book Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
By W. E. B. Du Bois
Introduction by Vann R. Newkirk II
Illustrations by Steve Prince
Featured in Essence Magazine
Restless Classics
Restless Classics presents The Souls of Black Folk: W. E. B. Du Bois’s seminal work of sociology, with searing insights into our complex, corrosive relationship with race and the African-American consciousness. Reconsidered for the era of Obama, Trump, and Black Lives Matter, the new edition includes an incisive introduction from rising cultural critic Vann R. Newkirk II and stunning illustrations by the artist Steve Prince.
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060976
Publication date: Feb 14, 2017