{"product_id":"sometimes-i-trip-on-how-happy-we-could-be-9781538702741","title":"Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this \"saucy and smart\" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show \u003ci\u003eFrasier\u003c\/i\u003e, her role as a mistress, Prince, and what it means to figure out desire and sexuality in a world where women are still expected to prioritize marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining her sharp wit, stellar pop culture sensibility, and trademark spirited storytelling, Nichole boldly tackles the damage done to women-especially Black women-by society's failure to confront the myths and misogyny at its heart. Nichole illuminates how to take the best pop culture has to offer and discard the harmful bits, offering a mirror into our own lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Roxane Gay Audacious Bookclub November Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Named \"Most Anticipated Books of 2021\" by Buzzfeed and Lithub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNichole Perkins \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer from Nashville, Tennessee. She examines the intersections of pop culture, race, sex, gender, and relationships. Nichole is a 2017 Audre Lorde Fellow at the inaugural Jack Jones Literary Arts Retreat and a 2017 BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellow. She is also a 2016 Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow for poetry. She formerly co-hosted \"Thirst Aid Kit,\" a podcast about pop culture and desire, with Bim Adewunmi, a producer at \"This American Life,\" and was also a co-host of \"The Waves\" podcast at Slate, which looked at news and culture through a feminist lens. Her first collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLilith, but Dark, \u003c\/i\u003e was published by Publishing Genius in July 2018.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618792968466,"sku":"9781538702741","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1ecbff1c-262d-4596-af94-f2cc97088c8f.jpg?v=1732541326","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sometimes-i-trip-on-how-happy-we-could-be-9781538702741","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}