Black No More

For fans of the Oscar-winning filmAmerican Fiction: the landmark comic satire that asks, What would happen if all black people in America turned white?featuring an introduction by Danzy Senna, the bestselling author ofCaucasiaandColored Television

A Penguin Classic

Its New Years Day 1933 in New York City, and Max Disher, a young black man, has just found out that a certain Dr. Junius Crookman has discovered a mysterious process that allows people to bleach their skin whitea new way to solve the American race problem. Max leaps at the opportunity, and after a brief stay at the Crookman Sanitarium, he becomes Matthew Fisher, a white man who is able to attain everything he has ever wanted: money, power, good liquor, and the white woman who rejected him when he was black.

Lampooning myths of white supremacy and racial purity and caricaturing prominent African American leaders like W. E. B. Du Bois, Madam C. J. Walker, and Marcus Garvey,Black No Moreis a masterwork of speculative fiction and a hilarious satire of Americas obsession with race.

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George S. Schuyler(18951977), a satirist, critic, and eminent African American journalist of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After a seven-year stint in the army, he moved to New York City, where he joined the staff ofThe Messenger,the official magazine of the Friends of Negro Freedom, a black socialist group. His writing forThe Messengercaught the eye of H. L. Mencken, who became a mentor figure to Schuyler; Schuyler soon began writing for MenckensThe American Mercury, as well asThe Nation, The Washington Post,andThe Pittsburgh Courier,black Americas most influential newspaper. He became the first black journalist to attain national prominence and was known for his controversial opinions. In addition toBlack No More, Schuyler published the novelsSlaves TodayandBlack Empire(originally as a serial inThe Pittsburgh Courier) as well as several novellas and an autobiography.

Danzy Senna(introduction) is the author of the novelsColored Television,New People,Symptomatic,andCaucasia, a national bestseller that won the Stephen Crane Award for Best New Fiction and the American Library Associations Alex Award and was translated into nearly a dozen languages. A recipient of the Whiting Writers Award, Senna is also the author of the memoirWhere Did You Sleep Last Night?and the story collectionYou Are Free.She lives in Los Angeles, where she is a professor of English at the University of Southern California.

• Publishe: Penguin Classics
• Publish Date: January 16, 2018
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780143131885
• Dimensions: 7.7 X 5.2 X 0.6 inches | 0.4 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor & Entertainment