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Hilton Als grew up in a corner of Brooklyn scarred by riots, racial segregation and sexual prejud...

A New York Times Notable BookThe Pulitzer Prize-winning critic investigates the roles of race and...

Part autobiography, part reportage, part cultural criticism, a fierce and memorable new book by t...