Description: Marrying the memoir and essay forms while exploring desire, Prince, and racism, Hilton Als's My Pinup expands and delivers love.
Brief description: The Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als has been hailed as "exhilarating and audacious" (San Francisco Chronicle), "spectacular" (Bookforum), and "thoroughly wise" (Library Journal). He is a staff writer at The New Yorker and an Associate Professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts. He lives in New York City.
Review Quotes: In this slim and brilliant memoir, Als explores race, power, and desire through the lens of Prince. Styling the legendary musician in the image of his lovers and himself, Als explores injustice on multiple levels, from racist record labels to the world's hostility to gay Black boys...These 48 meandering pages are difficult to describe, but trust us: My Pinup is a heady cocktail you won't soon forget.-- "Esquire"