{"product_id":"the-reckonings-essays-on-justice-for-the-twenty-first-century-9781501159015","title":"The Reckonings: Essays on Justice for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Unflinching and honest...both timely and timeless\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), this extraordinary collection of essays by the award-winning writer of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e--rooted in her own experience with sexual assault--pursues questions that strike at the heart of our national conversation about the justness of society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2014, Lacy Johnson was giving a reading from \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side, \u003c\/i\u003eher \"instant classic\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReviews\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir of kidnapping and rape, when a woman asked her what she would like to happen to her rapist. This collection \"attempts to parcel out several knotted problems and suggests forms of meaningful justice\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review). Drawing from philosophy, art, literature, mythology, anthropology, film, and her own experience of violence, Johnson considers how our ideas about justice might be expanded beyond vengeance and retribution to include acts of compassion, patience, mercy, and grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Reckonings \u003c\/i\u003eis not a book about changing the world. It's philosophy in disguise, equal parts memoir, criticism, and ethics...The twelve essays deserve great consideration, while you read it and long after\" (NPR). From \"Speak Truth to Power,\" about the condition of not being believed about rape and assault; to \"Goliath,\" about the ways evil is used as a form of social control; to \"The Fallout,\" about ecological and generational violence, Johnson creates masterful, elaborate, gorgeously written essays that speak incisively about our current era. She grapples with justice and retribution, truth and fairness, and sexual assault and workplace harassment, as well as the broadest societal wrongs: the BP Oil Spill, government malfeasance, police killings. \u003ci\u003eThe Reckonings \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful and necessary work, ambitious in its scope, which \"challenges our culture's expectations of justice and expose the limits of vengeance and mercy\" (\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3801464\"\u003eLacy M. Johnson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501159015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501159011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC041000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC060000\"\u003eSexual Abuse \u0026amp; Harassment\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702553383149,"sku":"9781501159015","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f46439a1-2a49-4a17-be85-ac7ea7bc8838.jpg?v=1649962951","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-reckonings-essays-on-justice-for-the-twenty-first-century-9781501159015","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}