Professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, and award-winning author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid, Frank B. Wilderson III lives in Irvine, California.
"Wilderson’s ambitious book offers its readers two great gifts.
First, it strives mightily to make its pessimistic vision
plausible. Anyone unconvinced by the vision may find this a dubious
contribution, but enough people have been convinced by the view to
make an accessible introduction to it a valuable resource just for
understanding contemporary intellectual life. Second, the book
depicts a remarkable life, lived with daring and sincerity.
Afropessimismshares unvarnished glimpses of Wilderson’s childhood,
his undergraduate years, his life as a worker and activist between
stints in the academy, his graduate studies and their toll on his
mental health, his personal relationships, and his experiences as
an increasingly well-regarded academic."
*Paul C. Taylor - The Washington Post*
"There are crucial books that you don’t agree with, but one still
comes to understand the importance of the thought experiment.
Afropessimism is one of those books."
*Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen: An American Lyric*
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