{"product_id":"jazz-june-a-self-portrait-in-essays-9780820374642","title":"Jazz June: A Self-Portrait in Essays","description":"\u003ci\u003eJazz June: A Self-Portrait in Essays\u003c\/i\u003e traces a life, not by recounting its major events but by going deep into its representative moments: the moments of wonder, hope, fear, uncertainty, humor, love, and epiphany that make up human experience. Along the way, as a son of a widowed mother, as a young man in the big city, as a husband and father, as an aging empty nester, and as an artist, the author discovers, with each new role, more of who he is. A lover of the arts, he offers creative reflections on literature, music, and film; a Black American whose life is informed but not defined by race, he embraces Black culture while remaining defiantly himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLIFFORD THOMPSON is a recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award for nonfiction whose essays and reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement, \u003c\/i\u003ethe 2024 \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, and more\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis books include \u003ci\u003eWhat It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine called one of the \"most anticipated\" books of the season, and the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eBig Man and the Little Men, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich he wrote and illustrated. Thompson teaches creative nonfiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College and the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A painter, he is a member of Blue Mountain Gallery in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623672709394,"sku":"9780820374642","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0f5dcc4-ab14-482b-ae72-2319d8ba023d.jpg?v=1758643819","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jazz-june-a-self-portrait-in-essays-9780820374642","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}