Prepare yourself for a reading experience unlike anything you have encountered before. This powerful smash up of striking art and piercing text viscerally captures exactly what it means to be Black in America right now. Created through a brilliant collaboration between a bestselling author and an incredible artist, this project is a fierce, vulnerable, and gorgeous contemplation of life in the modern world. Unfolding across three hundred pages of breathtaking illustrations and just a few carefully chosen sentences, this manifesto tackles the heavy concept of oxygen and what it truly means to breathe. It explores the deep symbolism attached to that simple word, especially in today's climate of social justice and generational struggles. For anyone who has never known the terrifying feeling of not being able to truly catch your breath, this book will open your eyes. And for those who already understand that weight all too well, you will find a tender, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful reflection of your own reality.