Paul Beatty

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1962 · age 64

Paul Beatty is an American author and professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker.

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2016Booker PrizeAward2015“Still, I don’t feel guilty. If I’m indeed moving backward and dragging all of Black America down with me, I couldn’t care less.”In their wordsPrologue, Page 20Read the whole statement

“Problem is, they both disappeared from my life, first my dad, and then my hometown, and suddenly I had no idea who I was, and no clue how to become myself.”In their wordsPart 1, Chapter 1, Page 39Read the whole statement

“But where my father saw an opportunity for information exchange, public advocacy, and communal counsel, Foy saw a midlife springboard to fame.”In their wordsPart 1, Chapter 3, Page 47Read the whole statement

“Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear.”In their wordsThe Sellout (2015)Read the whole statement

“You're supposed to wolf whistle!”In their wordsChapter 13.Read the whole statement

“Massa…sometimes we just have to accept who we are and act accordingly. I’m a slave. That’s who I am. It’s the role I was born to play.”In their wordsHominy.Read the whole statement

Dos Passos PrizeAwardNational Book Critics Circle Award for FictionAward1962Born

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We’ll hear argument first this morning in case 09-2606…in case 09-2606, Me v. the United States of America.
2015 · Chief Justice of the United States., Own words