You Can Keep That To Yourself

(Hardback)

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10,000 copy first printing. In the vein of Dear White People, Smyer's follow-up to his debut novel, You Can Keep That to YourselfAkashic's promotion will have a strong social media component.

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Critical praise for Knucklehead by Adam Smyer:

Adam Smyer was named the African American Literary Awards Show's Break-Out Author of 2018 for Knucklehead!

By setting his novel in the '90s, Smyer, who lives in Oakland, has crafted some brutal dj vu. As Marcus reflects on Rodney King, the Million Man March and the Oklahoma City bombing, we think of Freddie Gray, Black Lives Matter and school shootings that have become a way of life. And when Marcus laments San Francisco's dwindling black population, here we are more than 20 years on, and it's only gotten worse. We should all be furious.
--San Francisco Chronicle

Author Bio

Adam Smyer is an attorney, martial artist, and mediocre bass player. His nonfiction has appeared in the Johannesburg Review of Books, and his debut novel, Knucklehead, was the sole title short-listed for the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Smyer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and cats.