That's How They Get You: Unruly Black Humor 📚

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That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
Authored by Damon Young
Narrated by Damon Young, André Santana, Cary Hite, Chanté McCormick, Deanna Anthony, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Janina Edwards, Je Nie Fleming, Ozzie Jacobs, Ryan Vincent Anderson

0:00 Intro
0:03 Copyright
0:35 Introduction: Black Humor Is Every Brow: Damon Young
10:35 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

From the Thurber Prize–winning author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today

A critic explores the paradox of finding community in “the dozens” while grieving. A violent town ritual causes an all–too–familiar moral panic. An email thread between friends on why we need an updated Green Book but for public toilets. All across the nation, “Karens” become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young’s groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants.

With words that roast, ignite, and burn while connecting to and coalescing around a singular thesis, That's How They Get You emphasizes how and why Black American humor is uniquely transfixing. This is a mixture of not just observational anxieties and stream–of–consciousness lucidities but also acute political clarity about America. Edited and with an introduction by Damon Young, the critically acclaimed author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker, the collection features new material from an all–star roster of contributors, including Hanif Abdurraqib, Mahogany L. Browne, Wyatt Cenac, Kiese Laymon, Deesha Philyaw, Roy Wood Jr., and Nicola Yoon.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pittsburgh writer DAMON YOUNG’s debut memoir, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays (Ecco), won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. A founder of the culture blog Very Smart Brothas and creator and host of the Crooked Media podcast Stuck with Damon Young, Damon has been a contributing columnist for The Washington Post Magazine, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and a columnist for GQ and was the inaugural writer–in–residence at the University of Pittsburgh’s David C. Frederick Honors College.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
Published on: June 3, 2025
ISBN: 9798217076376
Duration: 6 hr, 42 min
Genres: Humor / Form / Essays, Humor / Topic / Regional & Cultural, Literary Collections / American / African American & Black