Adam Mansbach’s most recent novel is the critically-acclaimed bestseller Angry Black White Boy, or The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay (Crown, 2005), a satire about race, whiteness and hip hop that is currently taught at more that forty universities across the country. A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2005, Angry Black White Boy is currently in development as a feature film.
Mansbach’s next novel, The End of the Jews, will be published on March 18, 2008 by Spiegel & Grau/Doubleday. An ambitious and affecting family drama and a sweeping tour of race, religion, art and identity in 20th century America, The End of the Jews tells the story of the Brodskys, a family of Jewish artists and writers whose bumpy ride through 20th century America – from shtetl to suburbs- is fueled by an obsessive quest for love and inspiration.
Mansbach’s previous books include the novel Shackling Water (Doubleday, 2002), the poetry collection genius b-boy cynics getting weeded in the garden of delights (Subway & Elevated, 2002), and the short story anthology A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing (Akashic, 2006), which he co-edited with T Cooper.
Mansbach is the founding editor of the pioneering ’90s hip hop journal Elementary, and Artistic Consultant to Columbia University’s Center for Jazz Studies. His work has appeared in publications including The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, Vibe, Giant, JazzTimes, Wax Poetics, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Guilt & Pleasure, Poets & Writers, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop (Basic Civitas, 2007), The Best Music Writing (Da Capo, 2004), and Brooklyn Noir (Akashic, 2003).
A dynamic public speaker whose lectures combine elements of spoken-word, hip hop, comedy, and traditional scholarship to address the complexities of race, hip hop, literature, and popular culture, Mansbach has spoken on college campuses across the country. His recent speaking appearances include Brown University, Columbia University, Stanford University, Princeton University, The University of California at Berkeley, The University of Wisconsin at Madison, The New School, Northeastern University, The Harlem Book Fair, The Boston Globe Book Fair, The Living Word Festival, The Gwendolyn Brooks Conference, Litquake Literary Festival, and Alameda Juvenile Hall.
A hip hop artist whose debut album Stand for Nothing, Fall for Anything was released by Upshot Records in 2005, Mansbach teaches writing at the San Francisco Art Institute.
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