imperishability

The seeming imperishability of racial injustice in America serves as the smoldering core of this opera’s formidable power.

In these snippets, you can hear an old note, a note I’ve missed in American fiction, and am surprised to have noticed myself missing — for so long it seemed dominant to the point of imperishability.

What, he asks himself, must he tell his 7-year-old son before he’s carried away to imperishability?

The question of accountability — what is owed and to whom — has tugged at Jenkins, 39, as he has emerged as one of his generation’s most successful interpreters of black imperishability and longing.

Orr did not receive screen credit, but the imperishability of her story’s message is telling.