{"product_id":"platitudes-trey-ellis-9781555535865","title":"Platitudes: \u0026 the New Black Aesthetic","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrey Ellis's uproariously funny debut novel Platitudes, first published in 1988, takes on conflicts within the African American literary community. Dewayne Wellington, a failing black experimental novelist, and Isshee Ayam, a radical feminist author, collaborate on Dewayne's latest sexist comedy. Alternately telling the story about the coming of age of Earle and Dorothy-two black middle-class teenagers, sex-starved in New York City-the battling writers sneak ever, and dangerously, closer to reconciling their literary disputes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of Platitudes also includes \"The New Black Aesthetic,\" a groundbreaking essay by Ellis that appeared in the journal Callaloo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Trey Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555535860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555535865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northeastern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.56w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 14","brand":"Trey Ellis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939594567935,"sku":"9781555535865","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_51832327-2eb5-4927-b169-14bc4239d563.jpg?v=1681442410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/platitudes-trey-ellis-9781555535865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}