What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
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Harper Collins Publishers, 2019.
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Damon Young., & Damon Young|AUTHOR. (2019). What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays . Harper Collins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Damon Young and Damon Young|AUTHOR. 2019. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays. Harper Collins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Damon Young and Damon Young|AUTHOR. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays Harper Collins Publishers, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Damon Young, and Damon Young|AUTHOR. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays Harper Collins Publishers, 2019.
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