The Miracle of the Black Leg

The Miracle of the Black Leg

Notes on Race, Human Bodies, and the Spirit of the Law

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June 25, 2024
‘This Head, These Limbs’

After encountering a mysterious painting of amputation, I found myself thinking about severed legs, personal freedom, contracts, and the law.

The New York Review
July 1, 2024
Patricia J. Williams ponders ‘The Miracle of the Black Leg’

Patricia J. Williams’ musings reveal two major threads weaving these essays into a tapestry of challenging thought. With the first thread, Williams considers the tension between constitutional law and contract law. The second thread forming the tapestry is the complication that “history comes to us in pieces, perpetually unfinished, always in fragmentary form.”

Martha Vineyards Times
July 11, 2024
Author readings around Boston

Patricia J. Williams (The Miracle of the Black Leg: Notes on Race, Human Bodies, and the Spirit of the Law) is in conversation with Régine Jean-Charles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at Frugal Bookstore.

Boston Globe
July 18, 2024
Legal scholar Patricia Williams explores race, bodily integrity and law in ‘The Miracle of the Black Leg’

Patricia Williams, a distinguished professor of law and humanities at Northeastern University and a renowned scholar, releases a new book of essays.

Northeastern Global News

Patricia J. Williams, one of the most provocative intellectuals in American law, holds a joint appointment in the School of Law and the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Northeastern University.

From 1997 until 2019, Williams wrote the popular “Diary of a Mad Law Professor” column for the Nation. She is a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” recipient and the author of six books. The Alchemy of Race and Rights was named one of the 25 best books of 1991 by the Voice Literary Supplement, one of the “feminist classics of the last 20 years” that “literally changed women’s lives” by Ms. magazine, and one of the 10 best nonfiction books of the decade by Amazon.com.

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