{"product_id":"the-grey-album-kevin-young-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555976077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Kevin Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991596073215,"sku":"9781555976071","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caf20309-ddaf-4919-925f-712220bc21ba.jpg?v=1683311168","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-grey-album-kevin-young-9781555976071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}