Wed June 29, 2016
Mychal Denzel Smith's "Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching"
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Mychal Denzel Smith reads from Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching.
Praise for Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching:
“This is the book that could have saved so many of our lives.” —Kiese Laymon
"Mychal Denzel Smith answers the pressing but unasked question, what would happen if all those black boys felled by bullets had a chance to make mistakes, read books, fall in love, hone skills, take new paths, and grow up? The story is fully and unflinchingly Mychal's and because Mychal is so distinctively self-aware, so intellectually invested, and emotionally raw, it cannot simply stand in as a generic tale for all the lost black boys-- except that they too would have had stories entirely their own to tell if only they had had a chance to write them. We owe it to them and more importantly to ourselves to read Mychal's book and render visible what we would rather forget.” —Melissa Harris-Perry
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Praise for Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching:
“This is the book that could have saved so many of our lives.” —Kiese Laymon
"Mychal Denzel Smith answers the pressing but unasked question, what would happen if all those black boys felled by bullets had a chance to make mistakes, read books, fall in love, hone skills, take new paths, and grow up? The story is fully and unflinchingly Mychal's and because Mychal is so distinctively self-aware, so intellectually invested, and emotionally raw, it cannot simply stand in as a generic tale for all the lost black boys-- except that they too would have had stories entirely their own to tell if only they had had a chance to write them. We owe it to them and more importantly to ourselves to read Mychal's book and render visible what we would rather forget.” —Melissa Harris-Perry
Mychal Denzel Smith reads from Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching.
Praise for Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching:
“This is the book that could have saved so many of our lives.” —Kiese Laymon
"Mychal Denzel Smith answers the pressing but unasked question, what would happen if all those black boys felled by bullets had a chance to make mistakes, read books, fall in love, hone skills, take new paths, and grow up? The story is fully and unflinchingly Mychal's and because Mychal is so distinctively self-aware, so intellectually invested, and emotionally raw, it cannot simply stand in as a generic tale for all the lost black boys-- except that they too would have had stories entirely their own to tell if only they had had a chance to write them. We owe it to them and more importantly to ourselves to read Mychal's book and render visible what we would rather forget.” —Melissa Harris-Perry
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Praise for Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching:
“This is the book that could have saved so many of our lives.” —Kiese Laymon
"Mychal Denzel Smith answers the pressing but unasked question, what would happen if all those black boys felled by bullets had a chance to make mistakes, read books, fall in love, hone skills, take new paths, and grow up? The story is fully and unflinchingly Mychal's and because Mychal is so distinctively self-aware, so intellectually invested, and emotionally raw, it cannot simply stand in as a generic tale for all the lost black boys-- except that they too would have had stories entirely their own to tell if only they had had a chance to write them. We owe it to them and more importantly to ourselves to read Mychal's book and render visible what we would rather forget.” —Melissa Harris-Perry
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