The book is launched! (plus an update on pub day)

 

Our Justice—a nuanced thinker, a dazzling intellect, and a deeply kind soul. It has been so gratifying to take this literary journey with her over the past year. 

Update on September 3: During a segment with the Justice on Hoda and Jenna this morning, Jenna commented that Justice Jackson's memoir is about making history, but it is also a love story. I felt that. 

Also today, there was this review by McArthur Genius Award winning author Jacqueline Woodson in Elle—I especially love how she ends the piece:

Then she leans back and looks at me, and there is that smile again. Like so many other people across this country, I know her. She is the person we hope we are—feet firmly planted, clear-eyed, honest, engaged, and here because she deeply believes in a better world.

Even as I write this, weeks after our first meeting, I remain shaken. Once again, a gift has arrived in this country—brown-skinned, brilliant, and beautiful. Morally sound and truly believing in liberty and justice for all.

My final questions aren’t for the justice. They are for the rest of us: What will we do with this gift? Who will we become?