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Reviewed on August 1, 2021 | Adult Books 4 Teens
Identifying as a nerd doesn't necessarily make life easy. And being a Black nerd is its own nuanced experience that Evans and Holmon know well. They've been writing about Black Nerd Problems since 2013 on their website of the same name, which has spawned this eponymous collection of 46 essays. The short pieces (most are six to nine pages each) cover myriad aspects of pop culture: comic books, television dramas like The Wire and Breaking Bad, Disney movies, Hamilton, gaming, and more. The writing is alternately hilarious, thought-p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More