Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by Kevin Young
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award · 2018 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| PEN/Jean Stein Book Award | 2018 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Kevin Young's panoramic history of hoaxes in America argues that fakery is not a modern disease but woven into the fabric of American culture, from P.T. Barnum to the internet. Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award.
About the Author
Kevin YoungAmerican
Kevin Young is an American poet, author, and director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1970, he studied at Harvard University with Seamus Heaney and Lucie Brock-Broido, and received his MFA from Brown University. He is the author of more than ten poetry collections, including Dear Darkness (2008), Book of Hours (2014), and Brown (2018). Read more →
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