{"product_id":"losing-my-cool-love-literature-and-a-black-mans-escape-from-the-crowd-paperback","title":"Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man's Escape from the Crowd - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Chatterton Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A provocative, intellectual memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e)-from a remarkable new literary voice. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Growing up, Thomas Chatterton Williams knew he loved three things in life: his parents, literature, and the intoxicating hip-hop culture that surrounded him. For years, he managed to juggle two disparate lifestyles, \"keeping it real\" in his friends' eyes and studying for the SATs under his father's strict tutelage-until it all threatened to spin out of control. Written with remarkable candor and emotional depth, \u003ci\u003eLosing My Cool\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the allure and danger of hip-hop culture with the authority of a true fan who's lived through it all, while demonstrating the saving grace of literature and the power of the bond between father and son.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eSummer of Our Discontent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLosing My Cool, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait in Black and White. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a visiting professor of humanities and senior fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, a 2022 Guggenheim fellow, and a non-resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a columnist at \u003ci\u003eHarper's, \u003c\/i\u003e he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLe Monde, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications. He lives in Paris and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45618072355013,"sku":"9780143119623","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/0YZm4tJz1T9780143119623.webp?v=1781201757","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/losing-my-cool-love-literature-and-a-black-mans-escape-from-the-crowd-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}