White Girls

'I defy you to read this book and come away with a mind unchanged' John Jeremiah Sullivan 'Als has a serious claim to be regarded as the next James Baldwin' Observer 'I see how we are all the same, that none of us are white women or black men; rather, we're a series of mouths, and that every mouth needs filling: with something wet or dry, like love, or unfamiliar and savory, like love' White Girls is about, among other things, blackness, queerness, movies, Brooklyn, love (and the loss of love), AIDS, fashion, Basquiat, Capote, philosophy, porn, Louise Brooks and Michael Jackson. Freewheeling and dazzling, tender and true, it is one of the most highly acclaimed essay collections in years. 'A voice that's new, that comes as if from a different room. I defy you to read this book and come away with a mind unchanged' John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead 'Effortless, honest and fearless' Rich Benjamin, The New York Times 'Als is one of the most consistently unpredictable and surprising essayists out there, an author who confounds our expectations virtually every time he writes' David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times 'A comprehensive and utterly lovely collection of one of the best writers around' Eugenia Williamson, Boston Globe

Product details

• Authors: Hilton Als, Als Hilton
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.03.2018
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies
• EAN: 9780141987293
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198729-3
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 2 cm
• Subjects: Essays, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, biography, New Yorker, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Teju Cole, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Autobiography: literary, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Edouard Louis, Social discrimination & inequality, Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz, Grayson Perry, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Literary theory, Claudia Rankine, Ta Nehisi Coates, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Autobiography: writers, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ / Gay and Lesbian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Max Porter, history books, grief is the thing with feathers, between the world and me, the good immigrant, all good people here, james baldwin the fire next time, the fire this time, Nikesh Shukla, reni eddo lodge, beautiful world where are you, the argonauts by maggie nelson, why i'm no longer talking, world on fire, not talking about race, this is how, white people about race, colson whitehead underground railroad