Black Lit Book Group

Black Lit Book Group with Micah

Discusses That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor by Damon Young

Led by Greenlight bookseller Micah, with special appearances from fellow Greenlight booksellers, our Black Lit Book Group meets monthly to amplify the works of past and present Black voices of all genres. All reading frequencies are welcome!

For September, the group returns with That's How They Get You by Thurber Prize-winning author Damon Young, a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today. 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. This is a mixture of not just observational anxieties and stream-of-consciousness lucidities but also acute political clarity about America, featuring new material 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.