Adam Mansbach Explained

Adam Mansbach
Birth Date:1 July 1976
Occupation:Author
Nationality:American
Education:Columbia University
Notableworks:Go the Fuck to Sleep

Adam Mansbach (born July 1, 1976) is an American author. He has previously been a visiting professor of literature at Rutgers University-Camden, with their New Voices Visiting Writers program (2009–2011).

Biography

Mansbach graduated from Columbia College in 1998 and received a MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2000.[1]

Mansbach wrote the "children's book for adults" Go the Fuck to Sleep, parodying bedtime stories.[2] Other books Mansbach has written include Angry Black White Boy, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2005,[3] and The End of the Jews[4] (for which he won the California Book Award for fiction in 2008).[5] [6] Mansbach was the founding editor of the 1990s hip-hop journal Elementary.[3]

His book Stay the Fuck at Home (2020), was written to support awareness of coronavirus self-isolation measures; it has yet to be formally published. The book was read on Jimmy Kimmel Live by actor Samuel L. Jackson.[7] [8]

He lives in Berkeley, California and co-hosts a radio show, "Father Figures".[9] [10]

Bibliography

Novels

Poetry

Humor

Anthology contributions

Screenplay

Graphic novel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 June 2018. "The Youngest in the Room," by Adam Mansbach '98. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624210219/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/latest/lions-den/-youngest-room-mansbach-98 . 2018-06-24 . July 4, 2020. Columbia College Today.
  2. News: Harmanci. Reyhan. 'Go the F--- to Sleep': The Case of the Viral PDF. The Bay Citizen. 12 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020084505/https://www.baycitizen.org/news/books/go-f-sleep-case-viral-pdf/. 20 October 2014.
  3. Book: Dyson, Michael Eric. Daulatzai, Sohail. Born to Use Mics. July 8, 2013. 2010. Basic Civitas Books. 978-0-465-00211-5. 292.
  4. Book: Mansbach, Adam . The end of the Jews : a novel . Spiegel & Grau . New York . 2008 . 978-0-385-52044-7 .
  5. News: Harmanci. Reyhan. A Whim, A Book, And, Wow!. 13 May 2011. New York Times. 28 April 2011.
  6. Web site: The California Book Award Winners 1931-2006 . . 13 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110926235116/http://www.commonwealthclub.org/sites/default/files/CABookAwardWinners_ByLastName.pdf . 26 September 2011 .
  7. News: Parker . Ryan . Samuel L. Jackson Reads 'Stay the F---' at Home' to Stress Isolation Amid Pandemic . 1 April 2020 . The Hollywood Reporter . 1 April 2020.
  8. News: Kirkland . Justin . Samuel L. Jackson Reading Stay the F**k at Home Is a Gentle Reminder to Stay the F**k At Home . 1 April 2020 . Esquire . Hearst Digital Media . 1 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Adam Mansbach's biography page. 26 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707082723/http://adammansbach.com/about.html. 7 July 2011 . live.
  10. Web site: Father Figures KPFA Berkeley. 26 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120517183655/http://www.kpfa.org/short-run-series/father-figures. 2012-05-17. dead.
  11. Web site: Book Review: 'The Dead Run' by Adam Mansbach. 26 September 2013 . Seattle PI. 20 November 2013.
  12. Web site: THE DEAD RUN (review). Boston Globe. 20 November 2013.
  13. Web site: Book Review: 'The Dead Run' by Adam Mansbach. FearNet. 20 November 2013.
  14. Web site: Review: The Dead Run. Publishers Weekly. 20 November 2013.
  15. Web site: Review: Dead Run. Booklist. 20 November 2013.
  16. News: Nature of the Beast. 2015-11-06. Soft Skull Press. 2017-04-08. en-US.

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