Hilton Als The Women Paperback Book

Magical ... truly original ... Writing of people who limited themselves and died of it, Als has overcome limits The New York Times Book Review What are the forces that shape us? Hilton Alss brilliant, nowclassic meditation on gender, race and personal identity in AmericaIn The Women, Hilton Als exploreswith breath taking originalitythe role of sexual and racial identity in marginalized lives. With a blend of fact and fiction, Als brings to vivid life a number of extraordinary characters, including his mother, a singular woman whose West Indian heritage and determination inspired her son to write Malcolm Xs mother, whose mixedrace background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her sons burgeoning misogyny and fear brilliant, Harvardeducated Dorothy Dean, who deeply empathized with white gay men and Owen Dodson, teacher and poet, who played an important role in the authors development as a gay man, and thinker.Combining memoir, cultural history, social theory and storytelling, The Women is a profoundly innovative work which has inspired a generation of writers. Here, Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to scrutiny, showing no mercy but every tenderness. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of books a memorable work of selfinvestigation that creates a form of all its own. | Hilton Als The Women Paperback Book