Timestamp, Marcus Granderson
Timestamp, Marcus Granderson
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Timestamp
Musings of an Introverted Black Boy

Author: Marcus Granderson

Narrator: Marcus Granderson

Unabridged: 2 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2019

Synopsis

I’m a twenty-two-year-old Black introvert who overthinks everything, can’t get a date, yet somehow managed to graduate from Harvard.My story is probably not like yours. I’m a Black boy from the Midwest. I’ve never been kissed. I’m desperately in love with two women: Aretha and Whitney. I struggle with a mild form of social anxiety. I sing to myself almost everywhere I go. I’m an ex-chitlins (with hot sauce and ketchup) lover. I’ve been called an Oreo. I’ve been stopped by the police while walking home. I’m the descendant of slaves and a Harvard graduate.Though our stories may not be the same, the universal themes explored in this poignant and personal literary collection—love, identity, hope, social justice, and coming of age—bond us together. Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy is many things: It’s one Black boy’s journey through college and into adulthood. It’s a compilation of intimate musings, short and long. It’s an anthology of reflections linked to distinct moments in time. It’s a series of meditations on life, love, and the lack thereof. It’s not simply a “Black” book, or even a “millennial” one. It’s a human book.I wrote it for everyone—and that includes you.

About Marcus Granderson

Marcus Granderson is a podcaster, speaker, and writer based in New York City. A 2018 cum laude graduate of Harvard, Marcus crafted his own degree program in Rhetoric and Oratory. He currently works as a speechwriter at West Wing Writers, and produces a weekly, short-form podcast series, Musings of an Introverted Black Boy. He is the author of Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marcus on September 03, 2019

In many ways, this book defies easy definition. It isn’t exactly a memoir, essay collection, or poem anthology; it lives somewhere in the intersection. And from this chosen place in the in-between, it celebrates without remorse or apology. Of course, it also weeps and mourns and laments—as life, liv......more

Goodreads review by Hassan on September 14, 2019

I have had the blessed opportunity to read, digest, and repeatedly re-read Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy in advance of its release. I have never been, nor will I ever be, a black boy. That doesn’t mean I didn’t find myself resonating with the chapters reflecting on identity, love, an......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 19, 2020

Timestamp is a collection of written works by Marcus Granderson, a Harvard Graduate and young black man.   As Marcus states in the introduction, the works are not related in any way.  The works range from essays, poetry, lists, observations as well as speeches.  The themes of the writings give a fre......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 17, 2019

Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy is a brilliant narrative that still resonates with me two weeks after the finishing the novel. My life is very much apart from Granderson’s. I did not graduate from an Ivy League institution, I am not black, and I do not live in New York City. However, t......more

Goodreads review by Laurence on April 19, 2019

I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of "Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy" and I'm so glad I did. It's a book made for anyone—and I recommend it to everyone. Timestamp defies easy summary—while there is certainly a collective whole that's greater than the sum of its parts, Tim......more

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