Rage

Praise

**An Amazon Best Book of the Month for September**

“Recently a friend remarked, ‘It is not enough for me to be Black. I have to know everything there is about being white.’ He might well have said the same about being gay. Well, turnabout is overdue and in Rage you will discover that class in glorious, hysterical, heartbreaking session. Watch out! Here comes the truth.”
—Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, and New York Times bestselling author of I Was Better Last Night

“Wickedly genius and filled with canonical vengeance, Rage’s viciously heart-open essays will leave you smirking in every waiting room—when they don’t make you laugh so hard you wet your pants. Lester Fabian Braithwaite’s debut collection is the insightful intellectual take on global expatriate queer Americana that the 21st-century needs.”
—Shayla Lawson, author of National Books Critics Circle Award Finalist This is Major and How to Live Free in a Dangerous World

“With a singular sense of humor, Brathwaite demands the necessary space for Blackness and queerness to thrive in a society that refuses to make it. Appropriately critical of the predominantly white spaces that make up the entertainment industry, what’s most refreshing is Braithwaite’s willingness to self-critique. He demonstrates a critical understanding that it’s not enough to simply recognize the problems with how media influences our perceptions of ourselves, we must also interrogate our role as media consumers. Equal parts raw and hilarious, Rage is a timely manifesto for those who are tired of waiting for change and are ready to furiously create it.”
—Hari Ziyad, bestselling author of Black Boy Out of Time

He sprinkles wit and humor in his critique and begs us to laugh with him… he engages in a thought-provoking critical discourse about how perceptions of masculinity are, in part, a product of the media… An honest exploration into Black queer identity.”
—Kirkus, starred review

“Entertainment Weekly reporter Brathwaite turns his sharp eye on race, sexuality, and body image in this passionate debut memoir-in-essays…the heightened tonal register allows Brathwaite to effectively communicate his frustrations with white gay culture while reserving adoration for the people and art he loves. It makes for bracing reading.”
—Publishers Weekly