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Sure, I'll be your Black friend : notes from the other side of the fist bump / Ben Philippe.

Philippe, Ben, (author.).

Summary:

In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life comes Ben Philippe's candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend in predominantly white spaces. From cheating his way out of swim tests to discovering stray family members in unlikely places, he finds the punchline in the serious while acknowledging the blunt truths of existing as a Black man in today's world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063065062
  • ISBN: 0063065061
  • ISBN: 9780063026445
  • ISBN: 0063026449
  • Physical Description: xvi, 300 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Philippe, Ben.
African American men > Biography > Humor.
African American men > Social conditions > Humor.
Racism > United States.
Racism.
United States > Race relations.
Genre:
Essays.
Humor.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 18 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 19 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Mars Hill Library 973.049 PHI (Text) 30229101210143 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bordeaux Library 973.0496 P (Text) 31781065790600 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters 973.0496 P (Text) 31781065790626 Adult Nonfiction Available -
East Asheville Library 305.38896 PHI (Text) 0020512875434 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Enka-Candler Library 305.38896 PHI (Text) 0020512875442 Adult Nonfiction Available -
High Point Library 305.896 Philippe (Text) 30519010814633 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Lenoir Library 804 Ph (Text) 50669012944634 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Morganton Public Library B PHILIPPE (Text) 33557004430450 Adult Biography Available -
North Regional Library 973.0496 P (Text) 31781065790634 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Paddison Memorial Branch 804 P (Text) 0112523275754 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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