“That’s the problem with history, we like to think it’s a book — that we can turn the page and move the fuck on. But history isn’t the paper it’s printed on. It’s memory, and memory is time, emotions, and song. History is the things that stay with you.”

— Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, out in March 2015. Should be on your to-read and best-of-2015 lists already.