White Girls

White Girls
AuthorHilton Als
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir, essays
Published2013
PublisherMcSweeney's[1]

White Girls is a 2013 book by Hilton Als.[1]

Overview

Combining elements of memoir, criticism, fiction and non-fiction, the book's essays create a portrait of "white girls", a category in which Als includes everyone from Truman Capote to Flannery O’Connor and even Malcolm X.[1] The book explores themes of identity, otherness, commonality, and interpersonal relationships as a kind of "twinship".[2]

References

  1. Ulin, David L. (November 8, 2013). "Hilton Als blurs the lines in 'White Girls'". Los Angeles Times.
  2. Battleground, Andrea (December 4, 2013). "Hilton Als' White Girls is ingenious provocation". The A.V. Club.


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