You Can Keep That To Yourself

You Can Keep That To Yourself
Adam Smyer
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Hardback
h152 x 102mm - 136pg
3 Sep 2020 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781617758966
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Greetings, well-intentioned person of pallor. Your good intentions used to be enough. But in these diverse and divisive times, some people would hold you accountable for your actions. You were not raised for such unfairness. You need help. And help you now have. Let Daquan - that black co-worker you are referring to when you claim to have black friends - help you navigate perilous small talk with African Americans with this handy field guide. This portable bit of emotional labour puts at your fingertips a tabbed and alphabetised list of things not to say to black people. Finally!
Critical praise for Knucklehead by Adam Smyer: Adam Smyer was named the African American Literary Awards Show' s Break-Out Author of 2018 for Knucklehead!"By setting his novel in the ' 90s, Smyer, who lives in Oakland, has crafted some brutal deja vu. As Marcus reflects on Rodney King, the Million Man March and the Oklahoma City bombing, we think of Freddie Gray, Black Lives Matter and school shootings that have become a way of life. And when Marcus laments San Francisco' s dwindling black population, here we are more than 20 years on, and it' s only gotten worse. We should all be furious. " --San Francisco Chronicle
Adam Smyer is an attorney, martial artist, and mediocre bass player. His nonfiction has appeared in the Johannesburg Review of Books, and his debut novel, Knucklehead, was the sole title short-listed for the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Smyer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and cats.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781617758966
Published: 3 Sep 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Akashic Books US
Publisher: Akashic Books (US)
Format: Hardback
Height: 152mm
Width: 102mm
Pages: 136

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