Magically Black and other essays
"With equal parts candor and humor, Jerald Walker--a recipient of the PEN Award for nonfiction and finalist for the National Book Award--sharply examines and explains Black life and culture in Magically Black and Other Essays"-- Provided by publisher.
In Magically Black and Other Essays Jerald Walker elegantly blends personal revelation and cultural critique to create a bracing and often humorous examination of Black American life. He thoughtfully addresses the inherent complexities of topics as eclectic as incarceration, home renovations, gentrification, the crip walk, pimping, and the rise of the MAGA movement, approaching them through various Black perspectives, including husband, father, teacher, and writer. The collection's overarching theme is captured in the titular essay, which examines the culture of heroic action that African Americans created in response to their enslavement and oppression.
The Curse
Magically Black
Stopped by the Police
Lost
Good Help
Crisis
The Blessing
Combat Mode
This Math
The Slip
On Getting Along
Minstrel I
Minstrel II
A Doctor Near Me
It's Hard Out Here for a Memoirist
Choose Your Own Adventure : Master of the Lawn
Turning the Page.
Magically Black
Stopped by the Police
Lost
Good Help
Crisis
The Blessing
Combat Mode
This Math
The Slip
On Getting Along
Minstrel I
Minstrel II
A Doctor Near Me
It's Hard Out Here for a Memoirist
Choose Your Own Adventure : Master of the Lawn
Turning the Page.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780063161061
- ISBN: 0063161044
- ISBN: 9780063161047
- ISBN: 0063161079
- ISBN: 9780063161078
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Physical Description:
162 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
Contents / Notes
Formatted Contents Note: | The Curse Magically Black Stopped by the Police Lost Good Help Crisis The Blessing Combat Mode This Math The Slip On Getting Along Minstrel I Minstrel II A Doctor Near Me It's Hard Out Here for a Memoirist Choose Your Own Adventure : Master of the Lawn Turning the Page. |
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