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Edited by the author of The Sellout, winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Hokum is a liberating, eccentric, savagely comic anthology of the funniest writing by black Americans.

This book is less a comprehensive collection than it is a mix-tape narrative dubbed by a trusted friend-a sampler of underground classics, rare grooves, and timeless summer jams, poetry and prose juxtaposed with the blues, hip-hop, political speeches, and the world's funniest radio sermon. The subtle musings of Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Dumas, and Harryette Mullen are bracketed by the profane and often loud ruminations of Langston Hughes, Darius James, Wanda Coleman, Tish Benson, Steve Cannon, and Hattie Gossett. Some of the funniest writers don't write, so included are selections from well-known yet unpublished wits Lightnin' Hopkins, Mike Tyson, and the Reverend Al Sharpton. Selections also come from public figures and authors whose humor, although incisive and profound, is often overlooked: Malcolm X, Suzan-Lori Parks, Zora Neale Hurston, Sojourner Truth, and W.E.B. Dubois. Groundbreaking, fierce, and hilarious, this is a necessary anthology for any fan or student of American writing, with a huge range and a smart, political grasp of the uses of humor.

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  • Title Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor
  • Author Paul Beatty
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st U. S.
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury USA, New York
  • Publication date January 10, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781596911482 / 1596911484
  • Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.28 x 1.36 in (23.47 x 15.95 x 3.45 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, American literature - African American
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005048183
  • Dewey Decimal Code 817.008

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  • Library Journal, 11/01/2005, Page 92

About the author

Paul Beatty is author of four novels, Slumberland, Tuff, The White Boy Shuffle, and The Sellout, which won the 2016 Man Booker Prize. He has also written two books of poetry: Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce. He lives in New York City.
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