BLACK NERD PROBLEMS

The creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring their witty and unflinching insight to this engaging collection of pop culture essays on everything from Mario Kart and The Wire to issues of representation and police brutality across media.

When William Evans and Omar Holmon founded website Black Nerd Problems, they had no idea whether anyone beyond their small circle of friends would flock to their little corner of the Internet. But soon after launching, they were surprised to find out that a lot of people enjoyed their views on pop culture and all things nerdy. Turned out a mass audience hungered for fresh perspectives beyond what was currently on offer in the canon.

In the years since, Evans and Holmon have built a large, dedicated fan base eager for their brand of cultural critique, whether that takes the form of a raucous Game of Thrones episode recap or an eloquent essay on dealing with grief through stand-up comedy. Evans and Holmon are now ready to take the next step with the vibrant and hilarious BLACK NERD PROBLEMS essay collection, which snaps from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Trayvon Martin with ease.
Some of the topics include:
- Mario Kart Reveals the Inner Villain in All of Us
- When We Said We Wanted Representation in Hollywood and Also Said Stop Police Brutality, Having a Thousand TV Shows about Black Cops Was Not What We Had in Mind
- Can We Finally Admit that Idris Elba's Stringer Bell in The Wire was a Trash Human Being?
- Captain Marvel Shows Us How We Still Have a Hard Time with the Confident Woman Hero
- The Resistance Members in Star Wars Gotta Be Fed Up AF

From the creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems, a series of whip-smart, funny, insightful pop culture essays on race, the MCU, superhero authoritarianism, Mario Kart, and everything in between.

Filling a wide gap in the market for pop culture critique from the perspective of people of color, BLACK NERD PROBLEMS is Bad Feminist for an audience unafraid to admit that they love anime, comic books, and all things nerdy.

WILLIAM EVANS produces poems, essays, and stories that thrive across genres. What do you want? Sci-Fi, Middle Earth, and a mid-90's house party taking place in the Midwest? That's lite work. Prior to co-founding Black Nerd Problems where he serves as Editor-in-Chief, William has performed his poetry at the National Poetry Slam on eight occasions, making it to the finals three times. William's work has been featured in Radius Poetry, The Legendary, and Joint Literature Magazine, among other publications. His poetry collection We Inherit What the Fires Left was published by Simon & Schuster in 2020.

OMAR HOLMON lives as he writes, one nerd reference at a time. Recognized by Rutgers University's English Department as a distinguished Alumnus Poet, Omar has made five appearances at the National Poetry Slam, winning second place overall. Whether he's performing at TEDx, recording commercials for Laphroaig Whiskey, or doing press for Discovery Channel's Shark Week, Omar's voice is one that makes a home across numerous demographics. Like A Beautiful Mind but with more comic book and movie quotes, Omar is able to find the correlation between pop culture and any body of work, using humor in his social commentary to make serious points. Omar's poetry collection We Were All Someone Else Yesterday will be published with Button Poetry in 2020.