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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 today
A 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.
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"“That's How They Get You joins Hokum and Honey, Hush! in the handful of truly multi-dimensionally Black humor anthologies by multi-dimensionally Black humorists on my shelf. This extremely funny collection is a Damon Young house party where all the genres are invited: the storytellers, poets, journalists, comics, professors, and professional shit-talkers—no, actually none of the genres are invited, only brilliant Black people united by the gift of gab and jab."
— Terrance Hayes, National Book Award-winning author of Lighthead
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A completely absorbing collection, hilarious and moving.
— Amy Sedaris -
Reading That's How They Get You felt illicit in the best way, and brought back for me how I used to sneak into my father's record collection to listen to his Richard Pryor albums knowing full well I could get punished for doing so. Like Pryor's work, this collection is a riot and risqué, but also revelatory. The last essay in particular will make you chuckle before you say, in all seriousness, ‘g*ddamn.’ That's How They Get You is both a gut-punch and funny as f*ck.
— Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The Prophets -
Reading That's How They Get You felt illicit in the best way, and brought back for me how I used to sneak into my father's record collection to listen to his Richard Pryor albums knowing full well I could get punished for doing so. Like Pryor's work, this collection is a riot and risqué, but also revelatory. The last essay in particular will make you chuckle before you say, in all seriousness, ‘g*ddamn.’ That's How They Get You is both a gut-punch and funny as f*ck.
— Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The Prophets -
“A buoyant, beautiful book bursting with big names, big guffaws, and big emotions. Laugh out loud funny? Please. I busted my goddamn gut. Humor—in all its many forms—is one of God’s great gifts, and it is on fine, kaleidoscopic display in this triumphant, artful collection.
— Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts -
It’s so great curling up with folks who again and again make me laugh out loud. So needed right now—and always.
— Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award finalist for Another Brooklyn -
That's How They Get You joins Hokum and Honey, Hush! in the handful of truly multi-dimensionally Black humor anthologies by multi-dimensionally Black humorists on my shelf. This extremely funny collection is a Damon Young house party where all the genres are invited: the storytellers, poets, journalists, comics, professors, and professional shit-talkers—no, actually none of the genres are invited, only brilliant Black people united by the gift of gab and jab.
— Terrance Hayes, National Book Award-winning author of Lighthead
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About Damon Young
Damon Young is a cofounder and editor in chief of Very Smart Brothas, a senior editor at The Root, and a columnist for GQ magazine. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera,Slate, Salon, the Guardian, New York magazine, Jezebel, Complex, Ebony, Essence, USA Today, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He is also a member of ACLU Pennsylvania’s State Board.
About the Narrators
Cary Hite has performed in several theaters across the country as a cast member in the longest-running African American play in history, The Diary of Black Men. He also appeared in Edward II, Fences, Macbeth, Good Boys, Side Effects May Vary, and the indie feature The City Is Mine. He has voiced several projects for AudibleKids, including Souls Look Back in Wonder, From Slave Ship to Freedom Road, and Papa, Do You Love Me?
Janina Edwards, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a native of Chicago and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts acting program. Her 2016 performance of Voice of Freedom was a finalist for the Audie Award.
Ryan Vincent Anderson is a voice talent and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator.
Janina Edwards, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a native of Chicago and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts acting program. Her 2016 performance of Voice of Freedom was a finalist for the Audie Award.
Raphael Corkhill grew up in central London and attended the renowned Eton College before moving to the United States to attend Princeton University, after which he completed his MFA acting degree at the University of Southern California. Raphael’s recent credits include the Los Angeles Theatre Center’s production of Short Eyes, A Happy End at the Museum of Tolerance, and Luke Eberl’s latest film, The Movie. Raphael’s voice-over work includes the Weinstein Company’s upcoming feature Lawless and the award-winning short film Wrecks and Violins.
André Santana is an award-winning audiobook narrator on a journey to tell great stories. Operating with a keen sense for realistic delivery, he inevitably becomes a fan of every book he narrates and shares that joy through his performances. As a non-binary and Black narrator, he loves both telling stories that match him and disappearing into new characters across the literary multiverse.
André Santana is an award-winning audiobook narrator on a journey to tell great stories. Operating with a keen sense for realistic delivery, he inevitably becomes a fan of every book he narrates and shares that joy through his performances. As a non-binary and Black narrator, he loves both telling stories that match him and disappearing into new characters across the literary multiverse.
Jaime Lincoln Smith is an audiobook narrator who has won AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as the prestigious Audie Award in 2022. An actor based in New York City, he has been featured on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as on network television and in films. A first-generation Jamaican American, raised in Bloomfield, Connecticut, he is an actor, writer, producer, and educator.