{"product_id":"the-grey-album-on-the-blackness-of-blackness-9781555976071","title":"The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Literary Criticism and Essays Pick for Spring 2012*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grey Album, the first work of prose by the brilliant poet Kevin Young, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mashup of Jay-Z's \u003ci\u003eThe Black Album \u003c\/i\u003eand the Beatles' \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical choruses to illustrate the African American tradition of lying--storytelling, telling tales, fibbing, improvising, \"jazzing.\" What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003eAmerican culture, and for the centrality of art--and artfulness--to our daily life. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young sifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix, the grey areas of our history, literature, and music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.04w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2011 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/09\/2012 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2012 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2012 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kevin Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43132912304309,"sku":"9781555976071","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5f5baeba-eeb3-4795-a002-7d169f310159.jpg?v=1695135823","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-grey-album-on-the-blackness-of-blackness-9781555976071","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}