Who Put This Song On?

Author:   Morgan Parker
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
ISBN:  

9780525707516


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   24 September 2019
Recommended Age:   From 14 years
Format:   Hardback
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"""Unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest."" —Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X In the vein of powerful reads like The Hate U Give and The Poet X, comes poet Morgan Parker's pitch-perfect novel about a black teenage girl searching for her identity when the world around her views her depression as a lack of faith and blackness as something to be politely ignored. Trapped in sunny, stifling, small-town suburbia, seventeen-year-old Morgan knows why she's in therapy. She can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her ""weird"" outfits, and been told she's not ""really"" black. Also, she's spent most of her summer crying in bed. So there's that, too. Lately, it feels like the whole world is listening to the same terrible track on repeat--and it's telling them how to feel, who to vote for, what to believe. Morgan wonders, when can she turn this song off and begin living for herself? Loosely based on her own teenage life and diaries, this incredible debut by award-winning poet Morgan Parker will make readers stand up and cheer for a girl brave enough to live life on her own terms--and for themselves. ""Morgan Parker put THIS song on--and I hope it never turns off."" —Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out “A triumphant first impression in the YA space.” —Entertainment Weekly “An incredibly heartfelt, deep story about a girl's coming of age.” —Refinery29"

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Author:   Morgan Parker
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Delacorte Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.70cm
Weight:   0.442kg
ISBN:  

9780525707516


ISBN 10:   0525707514
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   24 September 2019
Recommended Age:   From 14 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Praise for Magical Negro Parker writes of the black experience not as an antidote or opposite to whiteness, but a culture and community where irreplicable nuances are created in spite of, not because of, pain and trauma. --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) 2019 justly belongs to Morgan Parker . . . [she] is one of this generation's best minds. --Danez Smith, T Magazine Nothing short of triumphant. --NYLON A desperately urgent work of poetry. --Booklist Morgan Parker's poetry is vital, in both senses of the word. Her most recent collection, There Are Things More Beautiful Than Beyonc , was an absolute knockout a breathtaking exploration of black womanhood, culture both pop and past, bodies, minds. --Literary Hub Praise for There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonc A Time Magazine Best Paperback of 2017 One of O Magazine's Ten Best Books of 2017 This singular poetry collection is a dynamic meditation on the experience of, and societal narratives surrounding, contemporary black womanhood . . . these exquisite poems defy categorization. --The New Yorker Morgan Parker''s bombastic second book profoundly expresses a black millennial consciousness with anger and appetite. --NPR.org [A] brash, risqu collection that explores what it means to be a black woman in contemporary American culture. --The Washington Post Parker's poems bring heat to the art of Mickalene Thomas, the racial politics of Barack Obama's presidency, the body politics of Beyonc and the danger of moving through America in a black body. --Time


Praise for Who Put This Song On? This fresh read provides a positive and inclusive take on mental health and wellness and offers readers some tools to survive on their own. -- Booklist, Starred Review A funny, clever, wild ride of a story about growing up and breaking free. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Drawing on her own teen experiences, Parker (There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce for adults) adroitly touches upon matters of respectability and 'presentableness, ' stigmas against discussing mental health issues in the black community and among young adults, and internalized and societal racism. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Poignant yet humorous. -Essence At turns funny and frank, Morgan Parker's Who Put This Song On? is a must-read in contemporary YA. --Bustle.com Parker has rendered a brilliant debut of black girlhood and mental health, at turns unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest. --Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X It's rare to find a book that aptly balances the comedy and tragedy of being human. Morgan Parker put THIS song on--and I hope it never turns off. --Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out As a weird, depressed, Radiohead-obsessed black post-teen myself, it's clear Morgan ripped my heart out and splattered it across the pages of this book. It's perfect. --Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Praise for Magical Negro Parker writes of the black experience not as an antidote or opposite to whiteness, but a culture and community where irreplicable nuances are created in spite of, not because of, pain and trauma. --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) 2019 justly belongs to Morgan Parker . . . [she] is one of this generation's best minds. --Danez Smith, T Magazine Nothing short of triumphant. --NYLON A desperately urgent work of poetry. --Booklist Morgan Parker's poetry is vital, in both senses of the word. Her most recent collection, There Are Things More Beautiful Than Beyonce, was an absolute knockout a breathtaking exploration of black womanhood, culture both pop and past, bodies, minds. --Literary Hub


Praise for Who Put This Song On? Parker has rendered a brilliant debut of black girlhood and mental health, at turns unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest. --Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X It's rare to find a book that aptly balances the comedy and tragedy of being human. Morgan Parker put THIS song on--and I hope it never turns off. --Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out As a weird, depressed, Radiohead-obsessed black post-teen myself, it's clear Morgan ripped my heart out and splattered it across the pages of this book. It's perfect. --Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Praise for Magical Negro Parker writes of the black experience not as an antidote or opposite to whiteness, but a culture and community where irreplicable nuances are created in spite of, not because of, pain and trauma. --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) 2019 justly belongs to Morgan Parker . . . [she] is one of this generation's best minds. --Danez Smith, T Magazine Nothing short of triumphant. --NYLON A desperately urgent work of poetry. --Booklist Morgan Parker's poetry is vital, in both senses of the word. Her most recent collection, There Are Things More Beautiful Than Beyonc , was an absolute knockout a breathtaking exploration of black womanhood, culture both pop and past, bodies, minds. --Literary Hub


Author Information

Morgan Parker is the author of Magical Negro (Tin House Books 2019), There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé (Tin House Books 2017), and Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night (Switchback Books 2015). Her debut book of nonfiction will be released in 2020 by One World. Parker received her bachelor's degree in anthropology and creative writing from Columbia University and her master's in poetry from NYU. Her poetry and essays have been published and anthologized in numerous publications, including the Paris Review; The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop; Best American Poetry 2016; the New York Times; and the Nation. Parker is the recipient of a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, winner of a 2016 Pushcart Prize, and a Cave Canem graduate fellow. Find her online at morgan-parker.com and on Twitter at @morganapple.

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