The Grey Album (book)

Collection of cultural criticism

The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness

Author| Kevin Young
Language| English
Publisher| Graywolf Press

Publication date

| March 13, 2012
Pages| 476
ISBN| 978-1-55597-607-1

The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness is a 2012 book of literary and cultural criticism by Kevin Young.[1][2] It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism.[3]

The book centers the figures the trickster in African-American (and thus, American) literary history from Phillis Wheatley through Jay-Z.[4] Young argues that the act of lying—the counterfeit—forms an essential genre of self-making in the African-American literary and musical tradition.[4] He rejects white critics’ preoccupation with “authenticity”, saying such criticism fails even before it begins to engage the work, by foreclosing the possibilities deceit opened in African-American stories.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Benbow, Julian (March 30, 2012). "In 'The Grey Album,' Kevin Young examines the triumphs and challenges of African-American artists - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
2. ^ Rambsy II, Howard (9 June 2014). "The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness by Kevin Young (review)". African American Review. pp. 179–181. Retrieved 8 June 2017.179-181&rft.date=2014-06-09&rft.aulast=Rambsy+II&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft_id=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/547102&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:The+Grey+Album+(book)" class="Z3988">
3. ^ Tobar, Hector (14 January 2013). "National Book Critics Circle announces finalists for awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
4. ^ a b c Shields, David (20 April 2012). "'The Grey Album,' by Kevin Young". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

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