Jordan Calhoun, 'Piccolo is Black' LIVE at the Strand Book Store in New York City with special guest host Omar Holmon, 'Black Nerd Problems'
Join Jordan Calhoun, 'Piccolo is Black' and special guest host Omar Holmon, 'Black Nerd Problems' at The Strand Book Store (NYC) on April 29 at 7:00 PM
We had an amazing time shooting authors Jordan Calhoun and Omar Holmon together in advance of Jordan Calhoun's book launch event at The Strand Book Store in NYC for his book, Piccolo is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture.
On April 29 at 7:00 PM, join Jordan Calhoun with special guest, Omar Holmon co-founder and author of Black Nerd Problems, and The Strand Book Store for a fun and engaging live book event. Tickets are on sale!
Jordan Calhoun
Jordan Calhoun is Editor in Chief at Lifehacker and host of the award-winning podcast, The Upgrade. His newsletter in The Atlantic, Humans Being, searches for lessons in the most popular movies, books, TV shows, and video games. His writing has been published in The Atlantic, Huffington Post, Vulture, Electric Literature, Black Nerd Problems, and more. He lives in New York City. Find him on Twitter @JordanMCalhoun.
Piccolo is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture (Jordan Calhoun)
Piccolo is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture
Like most Black kids who grew up without diverse representation, Jordan Calhoun learned the skill of assigning race to fictional characters. Piccolo, Panthro, Demona, Ursula...he could recognize a Black character when he saw one. He lived in an all-Black city, went to an all-Black school, and could identify characters whose struggles informed his understanding of the Black experience in America.
Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture chronicles Calhoun’s journey from his childhood in Detroit, Michigan as a Seventh-day Adventist to being transferred to private, predominantly white, deeply religious, Seventh-day Adventist schools. He tells his story through the lens of the pop culture he loved and the common adaptations he made while navigating his religious, non-religious, and racial identities.
Part homage to the characters he identified with and loved, part celebration of the pop culture—television, movies, music, video games—that influenced his childhood, Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture is an honest, thought-provoking, and often hilarious coming-of-age memoir that celebrates Black identity in America.
Book Details (On Sale Tuesday, April 26)
AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | BAM! | BOOKSHOP | INDIEBOUND (LOCAL BOOKSTORES) | WALMART | POWELL’S
Category: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
256 Pages | 5.5 x 8.5 | 1 lb
ISBN: 978-1-7351458-1-5 | Paperback $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-7351458-2-2 | Hardcover $27.95
ISBN: 978-1-7351458-3-9 | Ebook $9.99 (Kindle Unlimited)
Book Review Copies & EPK
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Omar Holmon
Omar Holmon is the cofounder of Black Nerd Problems, coauthor of Black Nerd Problems: Essays and author of We Were All Someone Else Yesterday. He is an alumni poet of Rutgers University and has competed in slam poetry for numerous years with two final stage appearances at the National Poetry Slam. He has written for Marvel, Playwrights Horizons, Carnegie Hall, Black Nerd Problems, and more. Find him on Twitter @OmarHolmon.
Black Nerd Problems: Essays (Omar Holmon)
Black Nerd Problems: Essays
When William Evans and Omar Holmon founded Black Nerd Problems, they had no idea whether anyone beyond their small circle of friends would be interested in their little corner of the internet. But soon after launching, they were surprised to find out that there was a wide community of people who hungered for fresh perspectives on all things nerdy.
In the years since, Evans and Holmon have built a large, dedicated fanbase eager for their brand of cultural critiques, whether in the form of a laugh-out-loud, raucous Game of Thrones episode recap or an eloquent essay on dealing with grief through stand-up comedy. Now, they are ready to take the next step with this vibrant and hilarious essay collection, which covers everything from X-Men to Breonna Taylor with “alternately hilarious, thought-provoking, and passionate” (School Library Journal) insight and intelligence.
A much needed and fresh pop culture critique from the perspective of people of color, “this hugely entertaining, eminently thoughtful collection is a master class in how powerful—and fun—cultural criticism can be” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Book Details
AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | BOOKSHOP
Category: Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Humor
304 Pages | 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-19821502-4-2 | Paperback $18.99
ISBN: 978-19821502-3-5 | Hardcover $27.00