{"product_id":"the-deep-paperback","title":"The Deep - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRivers Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaveed Diggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Hutson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOctavia E. Butler meets Marvel's \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eThe Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, a story rich with Afrofuturism, folklore, and the power of memory, inspired by the Hugo Award-nominated song \"The Deep\" from Daveed Diggs's rap group Clipping. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYetu holds the memories for her people--water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners--who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly is forgotten by everyone, save one--the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities--and discovers a world her people left behind long ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYetu will learn more than she ever expected about her own past--and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they'll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity--and own who they really are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Deep \u003c\/i\u003eis \"a tour de force reorientation of the storytelling gaze...a superb, multilayered work,\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) and a vividly original and uniquely affecting story inspired by a song produced by the rap group Clipping.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRivers Solomon is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Unkindness of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award finalist for Best New Writer. They graduated from Stanford University with a degree in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and hold an MFA in fiction writing from the Michener Center for Writers. Though originally from the United States, they currently live in Cambridge, England, with their family. Find them on Twitter @CyborgYndroid. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaveed Diggs is an actor, singer, producer, writer, and rapper. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping. Diggs originated the role of Marquis de Lafayette\/Thomas Jefferson in the 2015 musical \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e by Lin-Manuel Miranda which he won a Grammy and Tony for. He also cowrote, produced, and stars in the film \u003ci\u003eBlindspotting\u003c\/i\u003e. Find him on Twitter @DaveedDiggs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Hutson is a composer, known for Room 237 (2012), The Mayor (2017), and Ten Minutes Is Two Hours (2013). He is part of the rap group Clipping. Find him on Twitter @Clppng. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Snipes is a composer and sound designer for film and theater living in Los Angeles. He occasionally teaches sound design in the theater department at UCLA, and is a member of the rap group Clipping. Find him at Jonat8han.com.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987590512941,"sku":"9781534439870","price":18.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/WjlwNFc5ak5WL3pvUE8vRTQySjlDdz09.webp?v=1776182858","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-deep-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}