A Letter to John Berger

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. PART 1
6. After Caravaggio 3
7. PART 2: ELEGIES
8. Room 406 33
9. Mama’s Shroud 39
10. Four Elegies 45
11. Two Elegies 51
12. A Letter to John Berger 57
13. A Quartet for Edward Said 59
14. PART 3: SHADOWS
15. Gossamer World: On Santu Mofokeng 77
16. An Incantation for Marie Cosindas 83
17. Pictures in the Aftermath 89
18. Shattered Glass 95
19. What Does It Mean to Look at This? 109
20. A Crime Scene at the Border 117
21. Shadow Cabinet: On Kerry James Marshall 124
22. Nighted Color: On Lorna Simpson 138
23. The Blackness of the Panther 144
24. Restoring the Darkness 160
25. PART 4: COMING TO OUR SENSES
26. Experience 171
27. Epiphany 188
28. Ethics 204
29. PART 5: IN A DARK TIME
30. A Time for Refusal 217
31. Resist, Refuse 221
32. Through the Door 225
33. Passages North 232
34. On Carrying and Being Carried 249
35. EPILOGUE
36. Black Paper 261
37. Acknowledgment 267
38. Index 269