What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

“A blazing memoir in essays” ( Entertainment Weekly ) that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be black (and a man) in America. An NPR Best Book of the Year A  Washington Independent Review of Books  Favorite of the Year A Finalist for the NAACP Image Award A Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction A Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay For Damon Young, e