{"product_id":"daylight-come-harry-belafonte-and-the-world-he-made-significations","title":"Daylight Come: Harry Belafonte and the World He Made (Significations)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoshua Jelly-Schapiro\u003c\/b\u003e is a geographer and writer whose books include \n\u003ci\u003eNames of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names; Island People: The Caribbean and the World;\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Rebecca Solnit, \n\u003ci\u003eNonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e. His work appears regularly in publications including \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Jelly-Schapiro teaches journalism at New York University and is director of publishing at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, where he hosts the popular Author Talks series and is coeditor in chief of \n\u003ci\u003ePioneer Works Broadcast.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Joshua Jelly-Schapiro's \n\u003ci\u003eDaylight Come \u003c\/i\u003etakes us to places no biography in recent memory has. Through the discipline of research, and through love, Jelly-Schapiro's far-reaching portrait of Harry Belafonte, one of the twentieth century's greatest stars, is also the story of the bitter effects of colonialism and segregation, and the human desire and need to transcend both, the better to become a self. This book fills the heart and mind, and is essential reading for our times.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Hilton Als \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is one of those rare writers who bridges worlds--between deep scholarship and gorgeous prose, between islands and mainlands, between big ideas and precise details, between history and possibility.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Rebecca Solnit\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A welcome biography of an artist and activist who left an enduring legacy.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Kirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDaylight Come \u003c\/i\u003etakes us to places no biography in recent memory has . . . This book fills the heart and mind, and is essential reading for our times.\" --Hilton Als \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vibrant, revealing portrait of the \"King of Calypso,\" whose extraordinary performing career and activism helped remake America through the civil rights era and beyond\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven three years after his death, Harry Belafonte is everywhere. You can't go to a wedding, or to a sports arena, without hearing \"Day-O,\" \"Jump in the Line,\" or \"Jamaica Farewell.\" The Harlem-born son of Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte turned the folk music of the islands into American pop--and shaped the fantasy of Caribbean life that endures as an ideal and as a multibillion-dollar tourist industry. Belafonte released the first million-selling LP in history. He was America's first Black movie star, the first Black person to produce a prime-time special on network TV, and the first to win an Emmy Award. He was once the highest-paid Black performer of all time, beloved by Black and white fans alike, even under segregation. His artistic career helped create the pop culture of the twentieth century--and his political activism reshaped the course of American history. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this sparkling new biography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro brings Belafonte's personality and music vibrantly to life, following him from rags to riches and from Harlem to Jamaica to the March on Washington. Jelly-Schapiro takes us inside Belafonte's lifelong brotherhood with Sidney Poitier, his friendship with Fidel Castro, his collaboration with Nelson Mandela, and the sometimes shocking therapeutic relationships his difficult upbringing necessitated. At the heart of the story is Belafonte's bond with Martin Luther King Jr., whose cause Belafonte would champion for the rest of his life. That commitment to the greater good would sustain him and benefit untold numbers--and would come at a cost. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe indelible story of an American icon--and a provocative study of authenticity, fame, and conviction-- \n\u003ci\u003eDaylight Come \u003c\/i\u003eis, like Harry Belafonte himself, brimming with style and consequence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780593652701, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Penguin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496196440342,"sku":"9780593652701","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593652701.jpg?v=1783057289","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/daylight-come-harry-belafonte-and-the-world-he-made-significations","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}