Left of Black S2:E33 | Race, Writing and the Attack on Black Studies with Adam Mansbach and La TaSha Levy on Season Finale of Left of Black |
Left of Black
John Hope Franklin Center
Duke University
2012-11-19
Mark Anthony Neal, Host and Professor of African & African American Studies
Duke University
Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by writer Adam Mansbach, the author of several books including Angry Black White Boy (2005), The End of the Jews (2008) and the New York Times Bestseller Go the Fuck to Sleep. Mansbach discusses the inspiration for Macon Detornay—the protagonist of Angry Black White Boy—the surprise success of his “adult children’s book” and his new graphic novel Nature of the Beast. Finally Neal and Mansbach discuss race in the Obama era and the legacy of the Beastie Boys…
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