<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Young, Damon]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Young, Damon]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/cml/rss/search?query=Young%2C%20Damon&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:26:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as "How should I react here, as a professional black person?" and "Will this white person's potato salad kill me?" are forever relevant. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker chronicles Young's efforts to survive while battling and making sense of the various neuroses his country has given him. It's a condition that's sometimes stretched to absurd limits, provoking the angst that made him question if he was any good at the "being straight" thing, as if his sexual orientation was something he could practice and get better at, like a crossover dribble move or knitting; creating the farce where, as a teen, he wished for a white person to call him a racial slur just so he could fight him and have a great story about it; and generating the surreality of watching gentrification transform his Pittsburgh neighborhood from predominantly Black to "Portlandia . . . but with Pierogies." And, at its most devastating, it provides him reason to believe that his mother would be alive today if she were white. From one of our most respected cultural observers, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker is a hilarious and honest debut that is both a celebration of the idiosyncrasies and distinctions of Blackness and a critique of white supremacy and how we define masculinity.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3175537</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3175537</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Damon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3175537105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir in Essays</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062684301/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1090242570</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be Black (and male) in America For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as "How should I react here, as a professional black person?" and "Will this white person's potato salad kill me?" are forever relevant. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker chronicles Young's efforts to survive while battling and making sense of the various neuroses his country has given him. It's a condition that's sometimes stretched to absurd limits, provoking the angst that made him question if he was any good at the "being straight" thing, as if his sexual orientation was something he could practice and get better at, like a crossover dribble move or knitting; creating the farce where, as a teen, he wished for a white person to call him a racial slur just so he could fight him and have a great story about it; and generating the surreality of watching gentrification transform his Pittsburgh neighborhood from predominantly Black to "Portlandia ... but with Pierogies." And, at its most devastating, it provides him reason to believe that his mother would be alive today if she were white. From one of our most respected cultural observers, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker is a hilarious and honest debut that is both a celebration of the idiosyncrasies and distinctions of Blackness and a critique of white supremacy and how we define masculinity.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3214842</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3214842</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Damon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3214842105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062684332/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1088700305</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop and remember, stop and learn again how to read better. Damon Young shows us how to do exactly this, walking alongside some of the greatest readers who light a path for us.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2950029</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2950029</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Damon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2950029105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781947534025/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1021874560</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Think About Exercise]]></title><description><![CDATA[It can often seem as though existence is split in two: body and mind, flesh and spirit, moving and thinking. In this book, Damon Young challenges this idea of separation, revealing how fitness can develop our bodies and minds as one. By  learning how to exercise intelligently, we are contributing to our overall enjoyment of life and enhancing our full humanity.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1986628</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1986628</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Damon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1986628105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250059048/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=876349567</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as 'How should I react here, as a professional black person?' and 'Will this white person's potato salad kill me?' are forever relevant. It's a condition that's sometimes stretched to absurd limits, provoking the angst that made him question if he was any good at the "being straight" thing, as if his sexual orientation was something he could practice and get better at, like a crossover dribble move or knitting; creating the farce where, as a teen, he wished for a white person to call him a racial slur just so he could fight him and have a great story about it; and generating the surreality of watching gentrification transform his Pittsburgh neighborhood from predominantly Black to 'Portlandia, but with Pierogies.']]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3157708</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3157708</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Damon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3157708105</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062898234/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1088564376</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the cofounder of VerySmartBrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be Black (and male) in America. For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of possessing black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as "How should I react here, as a professional black person?" and "Will this white person's potato salad kill me?" are forever relevant. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker chronicles Young's efforts to survive while battling and making sense of the various neuroses his country has given him. It's a condition that's sometimes stretched to absurd limits, provoking the angst that made him question if he was any good at the "being straight" thing, as if his sexual orientation was something he could practice and get better at, like a crossover dribble move or knitting; creating the farce where, as a teen, he wished for a white person to call him a racial slur just so he could fight him and have a great story about it; and generating the surreality of watching gentrification transform his Pittsburgh neighborhood from predominantly Black to "Portlandia . . . but with Pierogies." And, at its most devastating, it provides him reason to believe that his mother would be alive today if she were white. From one of our most respected cultural observers, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker is a hilarious and honest debut that is both a celebration of the idiosyncrasies and distinctions of Blackness and a critique of white supremacy and how we define masculinity.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3229597</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3229597</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Young, Damon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3229597105</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062898227/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damon Young chronicles his efforts to survive the neuroses his country has given him. 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With words that roast, ignite, and burn while connecting to and coalescing around a singular thesis, 'That's how they get you' emphasizes how and why Black American humor is uniquely transfixing. This is a mixture of not just observational anxieties and stream-of-consciousness lucidities but also an acute political clarity about America"--Inside jacket flap.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4225977</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4225977</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4225977105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593317112/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1455747956</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's How They Get You]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work todayA critic explores the paradox of finding community in "the dozens" while grieving. A violent town ritual causes an all-too-familiar moral panic. An email thread between friends on why we need an updated Green Book but for public toilets. All across the nation, "Karens" become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young's groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants.With words that roast, ignite, and burn while connecting to and coalescing around a singular thesis, That's How They Get You emphasizes how and why Black American humor is uniquely transfixing. This is a mixture of not just observational anxieties and stream-of-consciousness lucidities but also acute political clarity about America. Edited and with an introduction by Damon Young, the critically acclaimed author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker, the collection features new material from an all-star roster of contributors, including Hanif Abdurraqib, Mahogany L. Browne, Wyatt Cenac, Kiese Laymon, Deesha Philyaw, Roy Wood Jr., and Nicola Yoon.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4274861</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4274861</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4274861105</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217076475/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1522124649</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's How They Get You]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a ground-breaking collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today. A critic explores what happens when a Yo Mamma joke goes too far. A violent town ritual causes an all-too-familiar moral panic. A writer shares the secret untold politics of The Electric Slide. All across the nation "Karens" become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young's groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays and short stories. With words that roast, ignite, and burn while connecting to and coalescing around a singular thesis, this anthology emphasizes how and why Black American humor is uniquely transfixing. It's not just a mixture of observational anxieties and stream-of-consciousness lucidities but also an acute political clarity about America. Edited and with an introduction by Damon Young, the critically acclaimed author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker, the collection features an all-star roster of contributors, including Hanif Abdurraqib, Mateo Askaripour, Mahogany L. Browne, Wyatt Cenac, Kiese Laymon, Angela Nissel, Deesha Philyaw, Nafissa Thompson Spires, Roy Wood Jr., Nicola Yoon, and more"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4274950</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4274950</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4274950105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>An Anthology of New Black Humor</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593317129/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1503539072</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martial Arts and Philosophy]]></title><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2700378</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2700378</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2700378105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Beating and Nothingness</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780812696844/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Meaning of Michelle]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many books have looked at Michelle Obama from a style perspective, none has fully explored what she means to our culture. The Meaning of Michelle does just that, while offering a parting gift to a landmark moment in American history. It is also a rollicking, lively conversation about race, class, marriage, creativity, womanhood and what it means to be American today.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2253639</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2253639</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2253639105</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle>16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781410498861/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=0967201430</image_url></item></channel></rss>