Loving Day Book Mat Johnson

Mat johnson is an american writer of literary fiction who works in both prose and the comics format.

Loving day book mat johnson.

Colorism racism ethnicity identity and acceptance family responsibility and of course love. Johnson described the book as my coming out as a mulatto and baz dreisinger of the new york times described loving day as a semi autobiographical extended literary metaphor about race and mixed race in america. Mat johnson s loving day tackles several issues. Supreme court nullified bans on.

Loving day is a 2015 novel by mat johnson published by spiegel grau on may 26 2015. Loving day is johnson s triumph and a reader s great joy heidi durrow author of the girl who fell from the sky since this is a book by mat johnson one of the best american satirists since mark twain i don t have to tell you it s as funny as it is smart. In 2007 he was named the first usa james baldwin fellow by united states artists. The novel s title refers to loving day when the u s.

Johnson was born and raised in the germantown and mount airy communities in philadelphia. His mother is african american and his father is irish catholic. Loving day is johnson s triumph and a reader s great joy heidi durrow author of the girl who fell from the sky since this is a book by mat johnson one of the best american satirists since mark twain i don t have to tell you it s as funny as it is smart.