The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays

An unflinching collection of essays that takes on the subjects of Biggie Smalls, Three 6 Mafia, The King Family, and what it takes to be black at the turn of the twenty-first century.

Author: William Jelani Cobb
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 03/27/2007
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781560259770
ISBN10: 1560259779
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Literary Collections | American | General

About the Author
William Jelani Cobb, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at Spelman College, as well as a critic, essayist and fiction writer whose writings on politics, the African Diaspora and contemporary African American culture have appeared in a number of national outlets.

His column Past Imperfect appears regularly on AOL BlackVoices. He is editor of The Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader, which was a Notable Book of the Year by Black Issues Book Review. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Essence, Emerge, the Progressive, the Washington City Paper, One Magazine, and Alternet.org.