- Imprint: Penguin
- ISBN: 9780241342664
- Length: 320 pages
- Price: £9.99
I Don't Remember
ObserverAls has a serious claim to be regarded as the next James Baldwin
i-D magazineThere are few more fearless, thought-provoking writers at work today.
Washington PostNo one understands the intersections of race, gender and sexuality as intuitively as Als does or explodes them with more brio
Los Angeles TimesAls is one of the most consistently unpredictable and surprising essayists out there, an author who confounds our expectations virtually every time he writes.
New York ObserverMr. Als is a national treasure
The RumpusAls is a poet on the page, and his insistence on breaking the essay form defines his liberation as a writer
KirkusAls' work is so much more than simply writing about being black or gay or smart. It's about being human
Publisher's WeeklyA writer of many moods-meditative, sardonic, haunting, funny, reflective, and unconventional ... a compassionate writer looking for unity--even if it can't always be found
BooklistAls is pyrotechnic, lifting off the page in a blast of stinging light and concussive booms that somehow coalesce into profound cultural and psychological illuminations
About Hilton Als
Hilton Als is a Pulitzer prize-winning writer and staff writer at The New Yorker. He has received a number of awards, including a Guggenheim, a George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, and the Windham Campbell prize from Yale University. He is the author of three acclaimed books – The Women, White Girls, and My Pinup; White Girls was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and won the LAMBDA Literary Award. Als is a teaching professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
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