What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

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 …

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