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BURN THIS BOOK, by Dread Scott

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August 12, 2021 – BURN THIS BOOK, by Dread Scott

Non-fiction: Illustrated/Art

Artist and revolutionary Dread Scott’s BURN THIS BOOK, a guide for revolutionaries, which includes a monograph featuring original essays and illustrated with photographs and color plates, documenting Scott’s significant contributions to contemporary art, including Slave Rebellion Reenactment, A Man was Lynched by The Police Yesterday, What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?, and his work in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum and The Brooklyn Museum; Scott’s landmark Supreme Court case made burning the American flag constitutionally protected free speech; to Cara Hoffman at PM Press, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2023, by Rebecca Friedman at Rebecca Friedman Literary (world English).

Rights: Ramsey Kanaan