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Collection of cultural criticism

The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
AuthorKevin Young
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGraywolf Press
Publication dateMarch 13, 2012
Pages476
ISBN978-1-55597-607-1

The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness is a 2012 book of literary and cultural criticism by Kevin Young. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism.

The book centers the figures the trickster in African-American (and thus, American) literary history from Phillis Wheatley through Jay-Z. Young argues that the act of lying—the counterfeit—forms an essential genre of self-making in the African-American literary and musical tradition. He rejects white critics’ preoccupation with “authenticity”, saying such criticism fails even before it begins to engage the work, by foreclosing the possibilities deceit opened in African-American stories.

References

  1. Benbow, Julian (March 30, 2012). "In 'The Grey Album,' Kevin Young examines the triumphs and challenges of African-American artists - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. Rambsy II, Howard (9 June 2014). "The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness by Kevin Young (review)". African American Review. pp. 179–181. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. Tobar, Hector (14 January 2013). "National Book Critics Circle announces finalists for awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ Shields, David (20 April 2012). "'The Grey Album,' by Kevin Young". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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