Pigeonholed
creative freedom as an act of resistance
$15.63
- Paperback
48 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
Pigeonholed: Navigating Representation, Power, and Responsibility
Responsible but not beholden; substantial as well as symbolic; sympathetic but not pandering; political but not proscriptive: there’s not an awful lot of wiggle room there, but it’s the space in which I feel I need to both operate and expand.’
In this incisive, moving, and personal essay, one of the nation’s leading political voices explores the ‘burden of representation.’
Gary Younge analyzes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571396610 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0571396615 |
| Author: | Gary Younge |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 54g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 168mm x 131mm |
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Critics Review
“Younge is an outstanding journalist and chronicler of the African diaspora.” – Bernardine Evaristo
“A frank and necessary look at being a Black journalist in mainstream media.” – Kirkus
About The Author
Gary Younge
Gary Younge is an award-winning author and broadcaster, and is professor of sociology at the University of Manchester. Formerly a columnist and an editor-at-large at the Guardian, he is an editorial board member of The Nation magazine. He is the author of five books, including Another Day in the Death of America (shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Jhalak Prize), and his writing has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the Financial Times, GQ, the New Statesman, and beyond. He has made several radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from gay marriage to Brexit. Younge received the 2024 Orwell Prize for Journalism. In 2025 he received the prestigious Robert B. Silvers Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the field of journalism. He lives in London.
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