What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

Damon Young

320 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
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A Finalist for the NAACP Image AwardA Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for NonfictionLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAn NPR Best Book of the YearA Washington Independent Review of Books Favor...

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reflective 83%
funny 77%
emotional 60%
challenging 45%
informative 35%
hopeful 25%
inspiring 20%
lighthearted 12%
dark 8%
sad 8%
adventurous 3%
tense 3%
relaxing 1%

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fast 19%
slow 13%

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