What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

Damon Young

320 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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A Finalist for the NAACP Image AwardA Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for NonfictionLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAn NPR Best Book of the YearA Washington Independent Review of Books Favor...

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reflective 85%
funny 80%
emotional 70%
challenging 45%
informative 32%
hopeful 26%
inspiring 16%
lighthearted 14%
sad 13%
dark 6%
adventurous 3%
tense 3%
relaxing 1%

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slow 15%
fast 13%

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