Life Out of Context

Walter Mosley
January 2006     ISBN: 1560258462

Life Out of Context begins as a brooding examination of Mosley's own sense of cultural dislocation as an African-American writer. Then a series of serendipitous events ensues--the screening of a documentary on Africa, an inspiring encounter with Harry Belafonte and Hugh Masekela--prompting Mosley to turn his focus to broader issues: What can we do to fight injustice, poverty, exploitation, and racism? What is globalization doing to us?

Through these meditations Mosley attempts to transcend his earlier feelings of living a "life out of context" and instead seeks a political context. He ends with a call to arms, urging African-Americans to break their historic ties with the Democratic Party and form a party of their own. Mosley writes, "Economic globalism has pressed many lives out of context. It's about time we push back."

Walter Mosley is the author of two series of mysteries, literary fiction, science fiction, and political philosophy. He has been the recipient of many awards and honors.