The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
AuthorKevin Young
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGraywolf Press
Publication date
March 13, 2012
Pages476
ISBN978-1-55597-607-1

The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness is a 2012 book of literary and cultural criticism by Kevin Young.[1][2] It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism.[3]

The book centers the figures the trickster in African-American (and thus, American) literary history from Phillis Wheatley through Jay-Z.[4] Young argues that the act of lying—the counterfeit—forms an essential genre of self-making in the African-American literary and musical tradition.[4] He rejects white critics’ preoccupation with “authenticity”, saying such criticism fails even before it begins to engage the work, by foreclosing the possibilities deceit opened in African-American stories.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Benbow, Julian (March 30, 2012). "In 'The Grey Album,' Kevin Young examines the triumphs and challenges of African-American artists - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Rambsy II, Howard (9 June 2014). "The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness by Kevin Young (review)". African American Review. pp. 179–181. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Tobar, Hector (14 January 2013). "National Book Critics Circle announces finalists for awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Shields, David (20 April 2012). "'The Grey Album,' by Kevin Young". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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