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Mat Johnson
Mat Johnson is a novelist who sometimes writes other things. He is the author of the novels Pym, Drop, and Hunting in Harlem, the nonfiction novella The Great Negro Plot, and the comic books Incognegro and Dark Rain. He is a recipient of the United States Artist James Baldwin Fellowship, The... show more

Mat Johnson is a novelist who sometimes writes other things. He is the author of the novels Pym, Drop, and Hunting in Harlem, the nonfiction novella The Great Negro Plot, and the comic books Incognegro and Dark Rain. He is a recipient of the United States Artist James Baldwin Fellowship, The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. He is a faculty member at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 4 years ago
What to say about this novel? Besides the fact that everyone should read it?Based on a true story (more than one), this novel relates the work of an African-American reporter who is able to pass as white, allowing him to go undercover at lynchings. Johnson deals deftly with the issue. What moves the...
As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves
As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves rated it 9 years ago
I have to admit that I wasn't sure this would be a hit for me - the murder mystery is not always my cup of tea. But reading the author's introduction, detailing his life as a "black boy who could pass for white", and learning how much that influenced the writing of this novel, I was intrigued. And t...
Perrin Pring
Perrin Pring rated it 11 years ago
I'll admit, when I read Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, I walked away thinking, what a strange book. Yes, Poe's attitude was most certainly racist (and as I noted, scientifically inaccurate), but overall I just thought the entire thing was so strange. The book moved though, although nothin...
Stacia's books
Stacia's books rated it 11 years ago
A somewhat-witty satire of both Poe's [b:The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket|766869|The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket |Edgar Allan Poe|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1341387331s/766869.jpg|25789936] & the issue of race. Johnson's book starts out strongly, but bo...
Literary Sara
Literary Sara rated it 12 years ago
Very cool idea, executed with some striking insights about literary obsessions and the construction of whiteness and blackness as opposites. (One of my favorite moments is when the narrator mentions in passing that he can't imagine black people existing in the saturated, romantic paintings of Thomas...
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