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White Girls by Hilton Als
Jan. 5th, 2019 04:24 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
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.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Hilton Als is a Pulitzer Prize winning critic and an Associate Professor of Writing at Colombia University. In this collection of 13 smart and provocative essays (9 of which were first published in 2013) he tackles such subjects as race, homosexuality, AIDS, Richard Pryor, Michael Jackson and André Leon Talley and memory and although some of it went over my head (mainly due to unfamiliarity with the subject) I enjoyed his insight and passion.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
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.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Hilton Als is a Pulitzer Prize winning critic and an Associate Professor of Writing at Colombia University. In this collection of 13 smart and provocative essays (9 of which were first published in 2013) he tackles such subjects as race, homosexuality, AIDS, Richard Pryor, Michael Jackson and André Leon Talley and memory and although some of it went over my head (mainly due to unfamiliarity with the subject) I enjoyed his insight and passion.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
