White Girlsis about, among other things, Blackness, queerness, movies, Brooklyn, love (and the loss of love), AIDS, fashion, Basquiat, Capote, philosophy, porn, Eminem, Louise Brooks, and Michael Jackson. Freewheeling and dazzling, tender and true, it is one of the most daring and provocative books of recent years, an invaluable guide to the culture of our time.

Hilton Alss first book sinceThe Womenfourteen years ago, finds one ofThe New Yorker’sboldest cultural critics deftly weaving together his brilliant analyses of literature, art, and music with fearless insights on race, gender, and history. The result is an extraordinary, complex portrait of white girls, as Als dubs theman expansive but precise category that encompasses figures as diverse as Truman Capote and Louise Brooks, Malcolm X and Flannery OConnor. In pieces that hairpin between critique and meditation, fiction and nonfiction, high culture and low, the theoretical and the deeply personal, Als presents a stunning portrait of a writer by way of his subjects, and an invaluable guide to the culture of our time.

• Paperback:304 pages
• Publisher:Penguin Books; Reprint edition (July 9, 2019)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0143134752
• ISBN-13:9780143134756
• Product Dimensions:5.5 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches