{"id":675170,"date":"2025-06-14T21:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T21:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:25:17","slug":"the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hollywood Insider\u2019s Summer Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ed1b1e1509\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ed1b1e1509\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#Actress_of_a_Certain_Age\" >Actress of a Certain Age\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#Atmosphere\" >Atmosphere<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#Clint_The_Man_and_the_Movies\" >Clint: The Man and the Movies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#Food_Person\" >Food Person<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#In_Pursuit_of_Beauty\" >In Pursuit of Beauty<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#Loved_One\" >Loved One<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#God_and_Sex\" >God and Sex\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hollywood-insiders-summer-reading-list\/#Thats_How_They_Get_You_An_Unruly_Anthology_of_Black_American_Humor\" >That\u2019s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Actress_of_a_Certain_Age\"><\/span>\n\t\t<em>Actress of a Certain Age\u00a0<\/em>\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>By Jeff Hiller\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHiller broke out in a big way as Bridget Everett\u2019s BFF-next-door in the dramedy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <em>Somebody Somewhere<\/em>, but before he was on HBO he was a mainstay in the Joe\u2019s Pub-centric New York comedy scene. And before that he was a gay teen in 1980s Texas. In his memoir-in-essays, Hiller recounts his early days in a small-town Lutheran church and his early days in the entertainment business. Using his now-signature pluck and wit, he tells readers about who he was and who he is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves now<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Hiller-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Simon &amp; Schuster<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Atmosphere\"><\/span>\n\t\t<em>Atmosphere <\/em>\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>By Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter several of her novels spent years in adaptation purgatory \u2014 <em>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo<\/em> was first optioned in 2019 \u2014 Jenkins Reid finally made it to the big screen with the Prime Video sensation<em> Daisy Jones &amp; The Six<\/em>. While audiences await the next book-to-screen move, Jenkins Reid continues to churn out delightfully frothy reads. This summer\u2019s release is <em>Atmosphere<\/em>, which follows a female astronaut who finds love while training for a space flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves now<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Jenkins-Reid-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Random House<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Clint_The_Man_and_the_Movies\"><\/span>\n\t\t<em>Clint: The Man and the Movies<\/em>\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>By Shawn Levy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLevy \u2014 the acclaimed author, not the <em>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em> director \u2014 has written biographies of Hollywood heavyweights like Robert De Niro and Paul Newman, so it stands to reason that it was only a matter of time before he tackled Clint Eastwood. In the first literary exploration of the 95-year-old actor-director\u2019s career, Levy examines Eastwood\u2019s cinematic milestones and personal flaws (and his old-school Libertarian beliefs) in equal measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves July 1<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Levy-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Mariner Books<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Food_Person\"><\/span>\n\t\tFood Person \t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>By Adam Roberts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tKnown online as The Amateur Gourmet, Roberts has built a career as a food blogger and a screenwriter. Now, he\u2019s turning his real-life career into fictional fodder. <em>Food Person <\/em>centers around struggling writer Isabella Pasternack, who gets fired from a digital magazine and winds up taking a job ghostwriting a cookbook for a formerly beloved (and now scandal-ridden) television actress. This debut novel is part romp, part satire and frequently mouthwatering. Do not read on an empty stomach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves now<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Roberts-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Knopf<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_Pursuit_of_Beauty\"><\/span>\n\t\t<em>In Pursuit of Beauty<\/em>\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBy Gary Baum<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAt <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, senior writer Baum covers everything from entertainment-biz scandals to the restaurant world (his 2017 feature on Hollywood fixture Angelyne became the Emmy Rossum-fronted Peacock limited series). In his first novel, he turns his pen on the darker side of his home city \u2014 and his profession.<em> In Pursuit of Beauty<\/em> follows a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose unconventional methods land her in jail, and the potentially unwitting journalist who agrees to ghostwrite her story from the other side of her prison cell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves July 1<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Baum-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Blackstone Publishing<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Loved_One\"><\/span>\n\t\t<em>Loved One<\/em>\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>By Aisha Muharrar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMuharrar is a comedy connoisseur \u2014 the <em>Harvard<\/em> <em>Lampoon <\/em>alum had her first break in the writers room of <em>Parks and Recreation<\/em> and went on to write for <em>The Good Place <\/em>and <em>Hacks<\/em> (she won an Emmy for her<br \/>work on season three). But her novel, one of the summer\u2019s most anticipated books, leans more melancholic than her onscreen oeuvre. In <em>Loved One<\/em>, a young woman <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s from L.A. to London after the death of a close friend and former flame, where she encounters his most recent ex. The two women butt heads over the dead man\u2019s remaining possessions and struggle against the grief they are trying to keep buried.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves Aug. 12<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Muharrar-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of HarperCollins<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"God_and_Sex\"><\/span>\n\t\t<em>God and Sex\u00a0<\/em>\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>By Jon Raymond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA longtime screenwriter and collaborator with Kelly Reichardt and Todd Haynes, Raymond has helped pen <em>First Cow<\/em>,<em> Showing Up<\/em>,<em> Mildred Pierce<\/em> and the ultimately doomed (and untitled) Haynes-Joaquin Phoenix project. He sets his latest novel in the Pacific Northwest, where the lives and livelihoods of its residents are severely affected by the climate crisis. Protagonist Arthur begins an affair with the wife of one of his friends, and turns to God and prayer when a looming climate disaster threatens her life. The narrative is both dangerously close to home (there\u2019s a terrifying forest fire) and intriguing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves Aug. 5<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Raymond-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Simon &amp; Schuster<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thats_How_They_Get_You_An_Unruly_Anthology_of_Black_American_Humor\"><\/span>\n\t\t<em>That\u2019s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor<\/em>\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Edited by Damon Young<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThrough his debut memoir <em>What Doesn\u2019t Kill You Makes You Blacker<\/em>, his blog <em>Very Smart Brothas<\/em> and his Crooked <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> podcast <em>Stuck<\/em>, Young has built a media empire while exploring the legacy of Black culture. To compile this collection of essays, short stories and letters that explores comedy in and about the Black community, he t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed A-list literary contributors including Hanif Abdurraqib, Kiese Laymon and Roy Wood Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>On shelves now\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1000\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Print-Issue-16-town_books-Young-Publicity-EMBED-2025.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Pantheon<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>This story appeared in the June 11 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscriptions.hollywoodreporter.com\/site\/thr-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to subscribe<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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