Over the past ten years, the work of Michael Eric Dyson has become the first stop for readers, writers, and thinkers eager for uncommon wisdom on the racial and political dynamics of contemporary America. The Philadelphia Inquirer has called him ``a major American thinker and cultural critic,'' while the Chicago0 Tribune has raved, Dyson ``slings around the concepts of post-modern literary and philosophical thought with dazzling dexterity. '' Whether he's writing on religion or sexuality or notions of whiteness, on Martin Luther King, Jr. or Tupac Shakur, Dyson's keen insight and rhetorical flair consistently surprise and challenge. For the first time, this collection gathers the best of Dyson's vast and growing body of work: his most incisive commentary, his most stirring passages, and his sharpest and most broadminded critical analyses. From Michael Jordan to Jacques Derrida, affirmative action to the debate over multiculturalism, the mastery and ease with which Dyson tackles just about any subject is without parallel.