{"product_id":"invisible-man-got-the-whole-world-watching-a-young-black-mans-education-9781568589770","title":"Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching account of what it means to be a young black man in America today, and how the existing script for black manhood is being rewritten in one of the most fascinating periods of American history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching\u003c\/i\u003e, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that denied his humanity. Smith unapologetically upends reigning assumptions about black masculinity, rewriting the script for black manhood so that depression and anxiety aren't considered taboo, and feminism and LGBTQ rights become part of the fight. The questions Smith asks in this book are urgent -- for him, for the martyrs and the tokens, and for the Trayvons that could have been and are still waiting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMychal Denzel Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eStakes Is High\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared, online and print, in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post, Harper's, Artforum, Oxford American, New Republic, GQ, Complex, Esquire, Playboy, Bleacher Report\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, Pitchfork, Bookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and a number of other publications. He has appeared on the \u003ci\u003eDaily Show, PBS Newshour, Democracy NOW!, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee\u003c\/i\u003e, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more national and local radio\/television programs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He is featured in and was a consulting producer for \u003ci\u003eRest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story\u003c\/i\u003e, the Paramount Network docuseries executive produced by Jay-Z. In 2014 and 2016, TheRoot.com named him one of the 100 Most Influential African-Americans in their annual The Root 100 list. He was also a 2017 NAACP Image Award Nominee. He is a fellow at Type Media Center. You can follow him on Twitter at @mychalsmith.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515803832594,"sku":"9781568589770","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f81bdf25-b06d-4637-bc4a-535b817e57e1.jpg?v=1731012364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/invisible-man-got-the-whole-world-watching-a-young-black-mans-education-9781568589770","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}