“Black Matters”: Race and Literary History in Mat Johnson’s Pym by Jennifer M. Wilks

“…I contend that Johnson not only revisits Morrison’s argument but also expands upon it; for, as Jaynes and his fellow characters confront the thorny legacy of race and racism in the United States, they must also face a future in which the country’s changing demographics will render questions of identity more, rather than less, complicated.…”
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