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That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

Young, Damon

Hardcover

HumorFiction Anthologies

Publisher Price: $28.00

ISBN10: 0593317114
ISBN13: 9780593317112
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: Jun 3 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.43
Language: English
From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today

Crackling, hilarious. . . . You won't want to miss it. --People

Completely absorbing.--Amy Sedaris

A critic explores the paradox of finding community in the dozens while grieving. A violent town ritual causes an all-too-familiar moral panic. An email thread between friends on why we need an updated Green Book but for public toilets. All across the nation, Karens become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young's groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants.

With words that roast, ignite, and burn while connecting to and coalescing around a singular thesis, That's How They Get You emphasizes how and why Black American humor is uniquely transfixing. This is a mixture of not just observational anxieties and stream-of-consciousness lucidities but also acute political clarity about America. Edited and with an introduction by Damon Young, the critically acclaimed author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker, the collection features new material from an all-star roster of contributors, including Hanif Abdurraqib, Mahogany L. Browne, Wyatt Cenac, Kiese Laymon, Deesha Philyaw, Roy Wood Jr., and Nicola Yoon.

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