Pittsburgh writer Damon Young joined us a few years back to talk about his debut memoir, “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays.” It won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
Young is a founder of the culture blog Very Smart Brothas and creator and host of the Crooked Media podcast “Stuck with Damon Young.” He’s also been a contributing columnist for Washington Post Magazine and an opinion writer for The New York Times.
His most recent book is “That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor.”
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Young’s poignant anthology features very funny essays, short stories, letters and rants from a cast of contributors, including Wyatt Cenac, Kiese Laymon, two-time BETA guest Mateo Askaripour, and Roy Wood Jr.
