After the Storm - by David Dante Troutt (Hardcover)

About the Book

Leading African-American scholars use post-hurricane Louisiana as a window into 21st century Black America.

Book Synopsis

Available for the first time in paperback after selling out its hardcover print run and being frequently named among the best of the Katrina books, After the Storm offers "angry, learned, focused, readable, [and] essential" writing, according to Library Journal, in which contributors face what Ebony magazine calls "questions about poverty, housing, governmental decision-making, crime, community development and political participation, which were raised in the aftermath of the storm."

Featuring the work of leading African American intellectuals, including Derrick Bell, Charles Ogletree, Michael Eric Dyson, Cheryl Harris, Devon Carbado, Adolph Reed, Sheryll Cashin, and Clement Alexander Price, After the Storm suggests "precisely what we must do if we are to both save the planet and create the great towns and cities that we can proudly bequeath to future generations" (Socialist Review).

Review Quotes

"10 original, judiciously edited essays . . . succinct and fresh." --Publishers Weekly

"Among the best. . . . Ten essays by legal scholars cover a tremendous expanse of issues . . . will reverberate for years." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"In many ways, this is the most impressive of the [Katrina] books . . . owing to its precision and its refusal to dwell merely on the expected." --Library Journal

"The shelves aren't exactly crowded with works by black writers examining the debacle from an African-American perspective . . . [Troutt's offers] sage advice." --Washington Post

"Poignant and provocative." --The City Paper

About the Author

David Dante Troutt is a professor of law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar at Rutgers University. Author of The Monkey Suit (The New Press), among other books, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.