Isabel Wilkerson Instagram – Three years ago today, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents entered the world in the middle of a global pandemic, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and in the months before one of the most pivotal presidential elections of our lifetimes.
There was no book tour, no book signings, no in-studio interviews. The world was on lockdown, and we did not know how readers would get the book or how they would respond.
I was stunned by the legions of readers around the world who had a hunger to understand what was beneath the turmoil of our era. Caste was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for an incredible 58 consecutive weeks in hardcover, because you, the readers, kept coming back for it. Now it’s been translated into 18 languages, from Japanese to Arabic.
It has been an honor to be in communion with some of the most brilliant luminaries in the country over the past three years: Barack Obama, Oprah, Pete Buttigieg, Trevor Noah, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ken Burns, Roxane Gay, Amy Schumer, Christiane Amanpour, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Krista Tippett and so many others in public interviews.
As a writer who pours my heart and soul into everything I write, I am always, always, always, thinking first and foremost of you, the reader, and it is you who inspire me as I labor in the research, connect dots that others may not see and sculpt every sentence in hopes of keeping you turning the page.
Everything I write is propelled by love — love for humanity and for our precious planet. And on this third birthday of my second-born book, I wish to express — and I hope that you feel — the love and gratitude I have for every single one of you. Thank you for reading my work and taking it into your heart.
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Photo 1: Signing back-stock of books at the legendary Foyles Bookstore in London during the much delayed UK book tour last spring | Posted on 04/Aug/2023 22:53:30
