See No Stranger
A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
Reeks: The Revolutionary Love Project
Valarie Kaur
- #1
- LOS
- ANGELES
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- •
- FINALIST
- FOR
- THE
- DAYTON
- LITERARY
- PEACE
- PRIZE
- •
- An
- urgent
- manifesto
- and
- a
- dramatic
- memoir
- of
- awakening,
- this
- is
- the
- story
- of
- revolutionary
- love.“In
- a
- world
- stricken
- with
- fear
- and
- turmoil,
- Valarie
- Kaur
- shows
- us
- how
- to
- summon
- our
- deepest
- wisdom.”—Elizabeth
- Gilbert,
- author
- of
- Eat
- Pray
- LoveHow
- do
- we
- love
- in
- a
- time
- of
- rage?
- How
- do
- we
- fix
- a
- broken
- world
- while
- not
- breaking
- ourselves?
- Valarie
- Kaur—renowned
- Sikh
- activist,
- filmmaker,
- and
- civil
- rights
- lawyer—describes
- revolutionary
- love
- as
- the
- call
- of
- our
- time,
- a
- radical,
- joyful
- practice
- that
- extends
- in
- three
- directions:
- to
- others,
- to
- our
- opponents,
- and
- to
- ourselves.
- It
- enjoins
- us
- to
- see
- no
- stranger
- but
- instead
- look
- at
- others
- and
- say:
- You
- are
- part
- of
- me
- I
- do
- not
- yet
- know.
- Starting
- from
- that
- place
- of
- wonder,
- the
- world
- begins
- to
- change:
- It
- is
- a
- practice
- that
- can
- transform
- a
- relationship,
- a
- community,
- a
- culture,
- even
- a
- nation.Kaur
- takes
- readers
- through
- her
- own
- riveting
- journey—as
- a
- brown
- girl
- growing
- up
- in
- California
- farmland
- finding
- her
- place
- in
- the
- world;
- as
- a
- young
- adult
- galvanized
- by
- the
- murders
- of
- Sikhs
- after
- 9/11;
- as
- a
- law
- student
- fighting
- injustices
- in
- American
- prisons
- and
- on
- Guantánamo
- Bay;
- as
- an
- activist
- working
- with
- communities
- recovering
- from
- xenophobic
- attacks;
- and
- as
- a
- woman
- trying
- to
- heal
- from
- her
- own
- experiences
- with
- police
- violence
- and
- sexual
- assault.
- Drawing
- from
- the
- wisdom
- of
- sages,
- scientists,
- and
- activists,
- Kaur
- reclaims
- love
- as
- an
- active,
- public,
- and
- revolutionary
- force
- that
- creates
- new
- possibilities
- for
- ourselves,
- our
- communities,
- and
- our
- world.
- See
- No
- Stranger
- helps
- us
- imagine
- new
- ways
- of
- being
- with
- each
- other—and
- with
- ourselves—so
- that
- together
- we
- can
- begin
- to
- build
- the
- world
- we
- want
- to see.
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