Charles R. Johnson
Charles R. Johnson is an acclaimed American author, essayist, and philosopher known for his profound exploration of African American life and culture. A National Book Award winner for his novel "Middle Passage," Johnson combines rich storytelling with philosophical depth. In addition to his fiction, he has penned essays and screenplays, and is a respected educator, having taught creative writing at the University of Washington for over three decades.
Book summaries for books written by Charles R. Johnson
Quotes
Freedom is the greatest of all illusions.
The past is a new country; it’s history, and not just any old history, but a kind that we’ve never seen, lived, or heard before.
We all have a story, all of us.
The heart has its reasons, the reason has its heart.
The power of language is a world's power.
Perhaps the only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
Only a fool expects to find logic in the chambers of the human heart.
There is a difference between being lost and choosing to be lost.
What we are is just this: a story. And we are one of the characters in it.
The only way to find out if you have a soul is to see if you can lose it.
The ocean is a poem without words.