{"product_id":"thick-and-other-essays","title":"Thick: And Other Essays","description":"FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\nNamed a notable book of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, Time, and The Guardian\nAs featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE, Entertainment Weekly, Well-Read Black Girl, and Chris Hayes, \"incisive, witty, and provocative essays\" (Publishers Weekly) by one of the \"most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time\" (Rebecca Traister)\n“Thick is sure to become a classic.” —The New York Times Book Review\nIn eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom—award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed—is unapologetically \"thick\": deemed \"thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less,\" McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. Thick \"transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for black women\" (Los Angeles Review of Books) with \"writing that is as deft as it is amusing\" (Darnell L. Moore).\nThis \"transgressive, provocative, and brilliant\" (Roxane Gay) collection cements McMillan Cottom's position as a public thinker capable of shedding new light on what the \"personal essay\" can do. She turns her chosen form into a showcase for her critical dexterity, investigating everything from Saturday Night Live, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies.\nCollected in an indispensable volume that speaks to the everywoman and the erudite alike, these unforgettable essays never fail to be \"painfully honest and gloriously affirming\" and hold \"a mirror to your soul and to that of America\" (Dorothy Roberts).\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1620974363\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1620974363.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Cottom, Tressie McMillan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505668857914,"sku":"DBV.1620974363.A","price":6.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1620974363-0.jpg?v=1783197515","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/thick-and-other-essays","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}