Mr. West

by Sarah Blake

Book Overview

Identities are formed and broken in this unauthorized lyric biography

Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West's life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities--to their portrayal in the media--and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person's public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819576913
• ISBN13: 9780819576910
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.0"