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Charles R. Johnson is an American writer, philosopher, academic, and artist whose award-winning work ranges from African-American philosophical fiction to nonfiction in the areas of literature, writing, African American studies, philosophy, and Eastern spiritual traditions, particularly Buddhism.

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It’s Life as I See it: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940–1980

“An important and groundbreaking collection, bringing together important voices and biographical context illustrating four decades of Black perspectives on everything from daily life to the Civil Rights Movement.

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Dan Nadel (editor), Ronald Wimberly (afterword), Charles Johnson (contributor), Kerry James Marshall (designer)
2025
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Soulcatcher and Other Stories—Twelve Powerful Tales about Slavery

Twelve stories about the African experience of slavery in America, by the National Book Award-winning novelist. Nothing has had as profound an effect on American life as slavery. For blacks and whites alike, the experience has left us with a conflicted and contradictory history.

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Charles Johnson
2001
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Dharma Matters: Women, Race, and Tantra

Jan Willis was among the first Westerners to encounter exiled Tibetan teachers abroad in the late sixties, instantly finding her spiritual and academic home.

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Jan Willis, Charles Johnson (foreword), Janet Gyatso (foreword)
2020
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Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice

This wide and varied collection of essays, reviews, and short stories offers incisive views on politics, race, and Buddhism. Johnson notes that in his life the two activities that have anchored him and reinforce each other are creative production and spiritual practice.

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Charles Johnson
2014
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