“My First Black Boyfriend,” an essay collection by the comedian and filmmaker Chris Rock, is coming out next year, according to Peter Libbey from the New York Times… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now!
Chris Rock, the Emmy-winning comedian and two-time Oscars host, has been talking about race and relationships since he began doing standup in the 1980s. Those who haven’t seen him onstage will soon be able to read his thoughts on these perennially thorny issues in “My First Black Boyfriend,” a collection of his essays set for publication in fall 2020.
“A lot of celebrities write books, and they don’t always have something to say. I think Chris Rock has something to say,” said Deb Futter, the senior vice president and co-publisher of Celadon, which is publishing the book. The essays, she added, “point out things that maybe need to be pointed out in our crazy world.”
Celadon, a division of Macmillan, declined to make Rock available for an interview.
During his 2017 “Total Blackout Tour,” the comedian was candid about his recent divorce and the role he played in the breakdown of his marriage. “At times, Mr. Rock sounded like a man confessing his sins, turning vulnerability into his latest provocation,” Jason Zinoman wrote in his review of a performance in Durham, N.C.
Rock, 54, joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1990 and appeared in the final season of “In Living Color” as a special guest star. His first HBO special aired in 1994, followed by “Bring the Pain” in 1996, for which he won two Emmy Awards. He has produced and directed both TV (“The Rundown With Robin Thede,” “Everybody Hates Chris”) and film (“Top Five,” “I Think I Love My Wife”) and will appear in the Eddie Murphy movie, “Dolemite Is My Name,” next month.
His first book, “Rock This!,” came out in 1997 and was a New York Times best seller. Rock wrote about several of his favorite topics at the time, including President Bill Clinton and the O.J. Simpson saga, as well as racial dynamics in the United States and the differences he sees between men and women.
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