Book Event: Damon Young with Roy Wood Jr. and Jazmine Hughes (at SJNY)

Book Launch: Damon Young presents That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
In conversation with Wyatt Cenac
Moderated by Jazmine Hughes
Tickets $28 (book included) or $5 (general admission)

From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn’t K*ll You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor, from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today! Damon Young, co-founder of the culture blog Very Smart Brothas and creator-host of the Crooked Media podcast Stuck with Damon Young, launches That's How They Get You—featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants 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. 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. Emmy Award–winning comedian Wyatt Cenac joins Young for an in-depth discussion, moderated by writer Jazmine Hughes, before an audience Q&A and signing.

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