Kevin Young

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    ,The first work of prose by the brilliant poet Kevin Young, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize,
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    ,Taking its title from Danger Mouseâ€™s pioneering mashup of Jay-Zâ€™s ,The Black Album ,and the Beatlesâ€™ ,The White Album,, Kevin Youngâ€™s encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical choruses to illustrate the African American tradition of lyingâ€”storytelling, telling tales, fibbing, improvising, â€œjazzing.â€ What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture ,is ,American culture, and for the centrality of artâ€”and artfulnessâ€”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.,
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Nonfiction,Music,Writing,Essays,Poetry,History,Race,Culture,Cultural Studies,Criticism,Sociology,Cultural,African American
The Grey Album: Music, Shadows, Lies