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""How do we survive a hostile world full of anti-blackness and still have time for joy? How do we create food systems for us and by us? Ashanté Reese has given us a powerful, digestible, and delicious path forward with the confidence and courage only this brilliant thought leader can."" -- Michael W. Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene and Koshersoul ""With an anthropologist’s keen eye for vivid detail and a knack for noticing ancestral ritual in everyday practices, Ashanté Reese demonstrates the power of gathering in Black cultural traditions. She expertly reveals the deep meaning of nourishment—togetherness in celebration and suffering."" -- Tiya Miles, National Book Award winner and author of Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of A Free People and Wild Girls ""In Gather, Dr. Ashanté M. Reese serves us a warm plate of berry pie while reminding us that the food justice we seek is among us already. If we are going to build a world where no one's needs are unmet, Reese argues, we need to move beyond our echo chambers and wake up to the answers that have been right here all along."" -- Leah Penniman, Co-Founder of Soul Fire Farm, and author of Farming While Black and Black Earth Wisdom ""A powerful and urgent call to remember, to gather, and to nourish our future."" -- Spring Council, author of Southern Roots: Recipes and Stories from Mama Dip’s Daughter

A luminous, deeply felt meditation on nourishment, memory, and collective care.--Bryant Terry, James Beard and NAACP Image Award-winning author of Black Food and Vegetable Kingdom Dr. Ashanté M. Reese serves us a warm plate of berry pie while reminding us that the food justice we seek is among us already.--Leah Penniman, cofounder of Soul Fire Farm, and author of Farming While Black and Black Earth Wisdom How do we survive in a hostile world full of anti-Blackness and still have time for joy? How do we create food systems for us and by us? Gather offers us a powerful, digestible, and delicious path forward.--Michael W. Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene and Koshersoul This is a text not just to consider, but to devour. The love and care are palpable.--Stephen Satterfield, host of High on the Hog With an anthropologist's keen eye for vivid detail and a knack for noticing ancestral ritual in everyday practices, Ashanté M. Reese expertly reveals the deep meaning of nourishment?togetherness in celebration and suffering.--Tiya Miles, National Book Award winner and author of Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of A Free People and Wild Girls A powerful and urgent call to remember, to gather, and to nourish our future.--Spring Council, author of Southern Roots: Recipes and Stories from Mama Dip's Daughter

""Gather bridges food studies, Black studies, and community organizing into a necessary convergence. This is a text not just to consider, but to devour. The love and care are palpable."" -- Stephen Satterfield, host of High on the Hog ""How do we survive a hostile world full of anti-blackness and still have time for joy? How do we create food systems for us and by us? Ashanté Reese has given us a powerful, digestible, and delicious path forward with the confidence and courage only this brilliant thought leader can."" -- Michael W. Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene and Koshersoul ""With an anthropologist’s keen eye for vivid detail and a knack for noticing ancestral ritual in everyday practices, Ashanté Reese demonstrates the power of gathering in Black cultural traditions. She expertly reveals the deep meaning of nourishment—togetherness in celebration and suffering."" -- Tiya Miles, National Book Award winner and author of Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of A Free People and Wild Girls ""In Gather, Dr. Ashanté M. Reese serves us a warm plate of berry pie while reminding us that the food justice we seek is among us already. If we are going to build a world where no one's needs are unmet, Reese argues, we need to move beyond our echo chambers and wake up to the answers that have been right here all along."" -- Leah Penniman, Co-Founder of Soul Fire Farm, and author of Farming While Black and Black Earth Wisdom ""A powerful and urgent call to remember, to gather, and to nourish our future."" -- Spring Council, author of Southern Roots: Recipes and Stories from Mama Dip’s Daughter

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Ashanté M. Reese is a writer, anthropologist, and associate professor of African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Raised in Cooper Settlement, Texas, she lives in Austin and is involved in food justice movements nationwide.

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