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George S. Schuyler (1895-1977), a satirist, critic, and eminent African American journalist of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After a seven-year stint in the army, he moved to New York City, where he joined the staff of The Messenger, the official magazine of the Friends of Negro Freedom, a black socialist group. His writing for The Messenger caught the eye of H. L. Mencken, who became a mentor figure to Schuyler; Schuyler soon began writing for Mencken's The American Mercury, as well as The Nation, The Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Courier, black America's most influential newspaper. He became the first black journalist to attain national prominence and was known for his controversial opinions. In addition to Black No More, Schuyler published the novel Slaves Today as well as several novellas and an autobiography. Danzy Senna is the author of the bestselling novel Caucasia, which won the Stephen Crane Award for Best New Fiction and the American Library Association's Alex Award and was translated into nearly a dozen languages. A recipient of the Whiting Writers Award, Senna is also the author of the novels New People and Symptomatic, the memoir Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, and the story collection You Are Free. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the novelist Percival Everett, and their sons.
A liberating and lacerating critique of American racial madness, capitalism, and white superiority . . . In the era of Trump and Rachel Dolezal, Beyonce's 'Formation' and that radical Pepsi commercial starring Kendall Jenner, of the rise and fall of Tiger Woods' land of Cablinasia, and of Michael Jackson's 'race lift' and subsequent death, Schuyler's wild, misanthropic, take-no-prisoners satire of American life seems more relevant than ever. --Danzy Senna, from the Introduction
