AUDIOBOOK
About
I'm a twenty-two-year-old Black introvert who overthinks everything, can't get a date, yet somehow managed to graduate from Harvard.
My story is probably not like yours. I'm a Black boy from the Midwest. I've never been kissed. I'm desperately in love with two women: Aretha and Whitney. I struggle with a mild form of social anxiety. I sing to myself almost everywhere I go. I'm an ex-chitlins (with hot sauce and ketchup) lover. I've been called an Oreo. I've been stopped by the police while walking home. I'm the descendant of slaves and a Harvard graduate.
Though our stories may not be the same, the universal themes explored in this poignant and personal literary collection-love, identity, hope, social justice, and coming of age-bond us together. Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy is many things: It's one Black boy's journey through college and into adulthood. It's a compilation of intimate musings, short and long. It's an anthology of reflections linked to distinct moments in time. It's a series of meditations on life, love, and the lack thereof. It's not simply a "Black" book, or even a "millennial" one. It's a human book.
I wrote it for everyone-and that includes you.
Oreos
Introduction
Timestamp
Charleston
Hallelujah Anyhow
Epilogue
The Soundtrack
Expiration Date
Consolation Prizes
Gym Advice
Don't You Want to Dance?
Character Construction
Addictive Love
Alton & Philando
Dallas
Happy Ending?
Black Girl Magic
No Rehearsal Today
Pop Off
Fog Walker
That Sucks
Last Night
Please, Wear the Shoes
The Distance
Sunrise
Amazing Grace
Twenty Gray
Hair Like Mine
Travel Bans
Fingerprinted Seasons
Divine Art
Please Be Advised
Not My Job
Motown Love
Fishes
Greener Grass?
End Scene
They Did It
Letters to the Young Traveler
Play Catch
To a T
Fruitful Solitude
Shape-Shifter
Accidental Narcissist
The Voice
Sticks
On Christmas
Valentine's Day
Young, Gifted, and Black
Just Like Us
Class of 2018Purple Fields
Selective Muteness
Whitney
Young Kid, B.I.G. City
Caught Up
Lady Soul
Eat Wash Love (and Listen to Aretha)Sometimes, Often, Always
Boy Gear
My story is probably not like yours. I'm a Black boy from the Midwest. I've never been kissed. I'm desperately in love with two women: Aretha and Whitney. I struggle with a mild form of social anxiety. I sing to myself almost everywhere I go. I'm an ex-chitlins (with hot sauce and ketchup) lover. I've been called an Oreo. I've been stopped by the police while walking home. I'm the descendant of slaves and a Harvard graduate.
Though our stories may not be the same, the universal themes explored in this poignant and personal literary collection-love, identity, hope, social justice, and coming of age-bond us together. Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy is many things: It's one Black boy's journey through college and into adulthood. It's a compilation of intimate musings, short and long. It's an anthology of reflections linked to distinct moments in time. It's a series of meditations on life, love, and the lack thereof. It's not simply a "Black" book, or even a "millennial" one. It's a human book.
I wrote it for everyone-and that includes you.
Oreos
Introduction
Timestamp
Charleston
Hallelujah Anyhow
Epilogue
The Soundtrack
Expiration Date
Consolation Prizes
Gym Advice
Don't You Want to Dance?
Character Construction
Addictive Love
Alton & Philando
Dallas
Happy Ending?
Black Girl Magic
No Rehearsal Today
Pop Off
Fog Walker
That Sucks
Last Night
Please, Wear the Shoes
The Distance
Sunrise
Amazing Grace
Twenty Gray
Hair Like Mine
Travel Bans
Fingerprinted Seasons
Divine Art
Please Be Advised
Not My Job
Motown Love
Fishes
Greener Grass?
End Scene
They Did It
Letters to the Young Traveler
Play Catch
To a T
Fruitful Solitude
Shape-Shifter
Accidental Narcissist
The Voice
Sticks
On Christmas
Valentine's Day
Young, Gifted, and Black
Just Like Us
Class of 2018Purple Fields
Selective Muteness
Whitney
Young Kid, B.I.G. City
Caught Up
Lady Soul
Eat Wash Love (and Listen to Aretha)Sometimes, Often, Always
Boy Gear