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 reader who appreciates sharp, humorous cultural critiques interwoven with personal reflection on identity and race in America.

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A Finalist for the NAACP Image AwardA Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay An NPR Best Book of the Year A Washington Independent Review of Books Fa...

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reflective: 83%

funny: 77%

emotional: 60%

challenging: 42%

informative: 34%

hopeful: 27%

inspiring: 20%

lighthearted: 11%

sad: 9%

dark: 8%

adventurous: 3%

tense: 2%

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