Paul Beatty

Paul Beatty is the author of three novels – Slumberland, Tuff and The White Boy Shuffle – and two books of poetry: Big Bank Take Little Bank and Joker, Joker, Deuce. He is the editor of Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. He lives in New York City.

Named as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review; the New Yorker; Wall Street Journal; Boston Globe; BuzzFeed; Huffington Post; New York Times; Men’s Journal; Newsweek; NPR and Publishers Weekly.