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Penguin Books🎧 Listen to award-winning author Zinzi Clemmons read an excerpt from her new book, FREEDOM—a radically vulnerable and virtuosic inquiry into the pursuit of freedom and the interminable nature of struggle. Weaving personal reflections with piercing insight and expansive vision across nine brilliant essays, Clemmons trains her discerning eye on American institutions and mythologies, probing the bounds of liberation and autonomy to interrogate our most enduring quest—the relentless pursuit of freedom for all. Combining memoir, family history, criticism, reportage, political analysis, and history, FREEDOM provides an incendiary exploration of race, sex, class, and inheritance. Pick up the book @literaryhub called "an absolutely essential read" today!
On the profile · Aug 15, 2026