Thick: And Other Essays Binding:Paperback Smith's debut work of nonfiction

Smith's debut work of nonfiction is a landmark of reflection and insight that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country and how it has come to be

he and his band have not returned

solid Jia will be home in Flushing

Flood refugees are on the run

Thick: And Other Essays Binding:Paperback Smith's debut work of nonfictionFINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Named a notable book of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, Time, and The Guardian As featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE, Entertainment Weekly, Well Read Black Girl, and Chris Hayes, "incisive, witty, and provocative essays" (Publishers Weekly) by one of the "most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time" (Rebecca Traister) Thick is sure to become a