{"id":19689,"date":"2017-05-30T07:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T12:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=19689"},"modified":"2017-05-23T16:14:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T21:14:13","slug":"new-stuff-tuesday-may-30-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19689","title":{"rendered":"New Stuff Tuesday — May 30, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/p>\n

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell<\/strong>
\nTales of a 6’4″, African-American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
\nBy W. Kamau Bell
\nPN2287.B414 A3 2017<\/a>
\nNew Arrivals Island<\/strong>, 2nd floor<\/p>\n

W. Kamau Bell is all the things in the subtitle of his new memoir and a keen social and political observer as well. His book traces his development as a comedian interested in how racism, classism, and sexism often work together to limit humanity’s potential.<\/p>\n

If all of this sounds very dry, it’s not! Although he invites the reader to enter into awkward conversations to promote “real and lasting changes in the world,” Bell voices his thoughts here with humor and clarity and the book is a great read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell Tales of a 6’4″, African-American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian By W. Kamau Bell PN2287.B414 A3 2017 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor W. Kamau … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2809,2808,3200,167134,26356,191],"class_list":["post-19689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-stuff-tuesdays","tag-comedians","tag-comedy","tag-humor","tag-intersectionality","tag-memoirs","tag-racism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19689"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19693,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19689\/revisions\/19693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}