Adam Mansbach (born July 1, 1976) is an American author. He has previously been a visiting professor of literature at

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, with their New Voices Visiting Writers program (2009–2011).

Biography

Mansbach graduated from Columbia College in 1998 and received a MFA from

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in 2000. Mansbach wrote the "

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for adults" ''

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'', parodying bedtime stories. Other books Mansbach has written include '' Angry Black White Boy'', a

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Best Book of 2005, and '' The End of the Jews'' (for which he won the

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for fiction in 2008). Mansbach was the founding editor of the 1990s hip-hop journal ''Elementary''. His book '' Stay the Fuck at Home'' (2020), was written to support awareness of coronavirus self-isolation measures; it has yet to be formally published. The book was read on ''

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'' by actor Samuel L. Jackson. He lives in

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and co-hosts a radio show, "Father Figures".

Bibliography

Novels

*''Shackling Water'' (2003) *'' Angry Black White Boy'',

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(2005) *'' The End of the Jews'' (2009) *'' Rage is Back'', Viking/Penguin (2013) *'' The Dead Run'', William Morrow/

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(2013) *''The Golem of Brooklyn'' (2023)

Poetry

*'' genius b-boy cynics getting weeded in the garden of delights'' (2001) * ''I Had a Brother Once'' (2021)

Humor

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'' (2011) *'' Seriously, Just Go To Sleep'' (2012) *''You Have to Fucking Eat'' (2014) *''Seriously, You Have to Eat'' (2015) *''Fuck, Now There Are Two of You'' (2019) *''A Field Guide to the Jewish People'', with

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and

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(2019)

Anthology contributions

*''All The Words Past The Margins'', in '' Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic''. Edited by

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and

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(Basic Civitas Books, 2010)

Screenplay

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Graphic novel

* ''Nature Of The Beast: A Graphic Novel'' Written with Douglas Mcgowan; illustrated by Owen Brozman (2012)

References

External links

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