Full of Myself : Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession by Austin Channing Brown (Pre Order)

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In a time of rising authoritarianism and attacks on personal freedoms, the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Still Here chronicles her efforts to live as her full self in a society that wants women—and Black women in particular—to do anything but that.

As an antiracism educator and writer leading through America’s cycles of racial unrest, Austin Channing Brown reached a crossroads. “I love my work,” she writes, “and I am tired. We are tired. Tired of protesting. Tired of ‘saving democracy.’ Tired of educating and explaining.” She began to ask, “What do I deserve, not just as a citizen but as a human?”

Full of Myself answers that question. Weaving personal narrative with perceptive social commentary, Brown offers a look at the mechanisms that limit who Black women are allowed to be—at work, at home, in community—and the defining moments when she decided that self-possession is the justice work she had been made to undervalue. From skinny-dipping in the ocean to becoming a mom, she delves into the drama of life and invites readers to begin defining themselves not as empty vessels to improve the world, but as a people born free in spirit, in hope, in joy.

For Black women seeking to understand the true roots of their burnout, or for anyone wondering what it means to live joyfully in a hostile world, Full of Myself is a breath of fresh air and an invitation to full humanity.

Learn more about Austin at https://austinchanning.com/

“Full of Myself is the book we need in this moment when each of us must fight to maintain our birthrights of freedom, peace, and shared humanity. In these pages, Channing Brown shows us how to survive and thrive even now—by refusing to abandon ourselves, by maintaining self-sovereignty, by remembering that we belong to ourselves and to one another.”—Glennon Doyle, bestselling author of We Can Do Hard Things

“Black women long ago learned how to feed families on scraps from a decaying American table. In this collection of essays, Channing Brown shows us how to get up from the table when love is no longer being served.”—Sonya Renee Taylor, bestselling author of The Body Is Not an Apology