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American author
Adam Mansbach
Adam Mansbach at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
Born (1976-07-01 ) July 1, 1976 (age 47) Occupation Author Nationality American Education
Columbia University Notable works
Go the Fuck to Sleep
Adam Mansbach (born July 1, 1976) is an American author. He has previously been a visiting professor of literature at
Rutgers University-Camden , with their New Voices Visiting Writers program (2009–2011).
Biography
Mansbach graduated from
Columbia College in 1998 and received a MFA from
Columbia University School of the Arts in 2000.
[1]
Mansbach wrote the "
children's book for adults"
Go the Fuck to Sleep , parodying bedtime stories.
[2] Other books Mansbach has written include
Angry Black White Boy , a
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2005,
[3] and
The End of the Jews
[4] (for which he won the
California Book Award for fiction in 2008).
[5]
[6] Mansbach was the founding editor of the 1990s hip-hop journal Elementary .
[3]
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
Jimmy Kimmel Live by actor
Samuel L. Jackson .
[7]
[8]
He lives in
Berkeley, California and co-hosts a radio show, "Father Figures".
[9]
[10]
Bibliography
Novels
Poetry
I Had A Brother Once (2021)
Humor
Anthology contributions
Screenplay
Graphic novel
References
^
" "The Youngest in the Room," by Adam Mansbach '98" . Columbia College Today . 14 June 2018.
Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
^ Harmanci, Reyhan (12 May 2011).
" 'Go the F--- to Sleep': The Case of the Viral PDF" . The Bay Citizen . Archived from
the original on 20 October 2014.
^
a
b
c Dyson, Michael Eric; Daulatzai, Sohail (2010).
Born to Use Mics . Basic Civitas Books. p. 292.
ISBN
978-0-465-00211-5 . Retrieved July 8, 2013 .
^ Mansbach, Adam (2008). The end of the Jews : a novel . New York: Spiegel & Grau.
ISBN
978-0-385-52044-7 .
^ Harmanci, Reyhan (28 April 2011).
"A Whim, A Book, And, Wow!" . New York Times . Retrieved 13 May 2011 .
^
"The California Book Award Winners 1931-2006" (PDF) .
Commonwealth Club of California . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011 .
^ Parker, Ryan (1 April 2020).
"Samuel L. Jackson Reads 'Stay the F---' at Home' to Stress Isolation Amid Pandemic" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 1 April 2020 .
^ Kirkland, Justin (1 April 2020).
"Samuel L. Jackson Reading Stay the F**k at Home Is a Gentle Reminder to Stay the F**k At Home" . Esquire . Hearst Digital Media. Retrieved 1 April 2020 .
^
"Adam Mansbach's biography page" .
Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013 .
^
"Father Figures KPFA Berkeley" . Archived from
the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 26 January 2013 .
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"Book Review: 'The Dead Run' by Adam Mansbach" . Seattle PI. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013 .
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"THE DEAD RUN (review)" . Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 November 2013 .
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"Book Review: 'The Dead Run' by Adam Mansbach" . FearNet. Retrieved 20 November 2013 .
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"Review: The Dead Run" . Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 20 November 2013 .
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"Review: Dead Run" . Booklist. Retrieved 20 November 2013 .
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"Nature of the Beast" . Soft Skull Press . 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2017-04-08 .
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