Thick And Other Essays

A New York Times Editor's Choice selection also Shortlisted for the Museum of African American History Stone Book Award. One of today's most intrepid public intellectuals shares her smart, humorous, and strikingly original thoughts on race, beauty, money, and more.

Tressie McMillan Cottom is an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of Lower Ed and Thick (The New Press). Her work has been featured by the The Daily Show, the New York Times, the Washington Post, PBS, NPR, Fresh Air, and The Atlantic, among others. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.