The Black Man of Happiness

A jazzy journal an unprecedented meditation that ranges in scope from Thomas Jefferson's era to the Digital Age seeking to answer the simple provocative question: What is a happy Black man? Harris explores his journey from childhood in Southeast D.C. to adulthood as a nationally published writer educator and respected cultural worker in LA. In powerful poetic essays Harris navigates the labyrinth of his life as son father stepfather and grandfather; as lover; apprentice to wiser big brothers; as straight man crafting brotherhood with his gay Homeboy; as an orphan finding affirmation after his father's death; even as survivor and symbol of deep healing that blossomed from the agonizing work of confronting surviving and transcending his youngest daughter's rape by her Black step father.