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Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream

by Mychal Denzel Smith

Kirkus Prize · 2020 · Winner
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Bold Type BooksNonfictionISBN 9781568588742

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction2020Winner

About This Book

Mychal Denzel Smith's essay collection argues that progressive politics has failed to address the fundamental conditions that produce racial capitalism and environmental destruction. Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction.

About the Author

Mychal Denzel SmithAmerican

Mychal Denzel Smith (born 1986) is an American writer and television commentator best known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education (2016) and Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream (2020), which won the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction. He has been recognized on The Root 100 list of most influential African Americans (2014, 2016) and serves as a fellow at Type Media Center.

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