Thug Notes, Sparky Sweets, PhD
Thug Notes, Sparky Sweets, PhD
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Thug Notes
A Street-Smart Guide to Classic Literature

Author: Sparky Sweets, PhD

Narrator: Greg Edwards

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/18/2015

Synopsis

Sparky Sweets, PhD, and Wisecrack proudly present this outrageously funny, ultra-sharp guide to literature based on the hit online series, Thug Notes. Inside, you'll find hilarious plot breakdowns and masterful analyses of sixteen of literature's most beloved classics, including: Things Fall Apart, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Pride and Prejudice, and more!
 
The series Thug Notes has been featured on BET, PBS, and NPR and has been used in hundreds of classrooms around the world. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or straight-up literary gangster like Dr. Sweets, Thug Notes has got you covered. You'll certainly never look at literature the same way again.

About The Author

Sparky Sweets, PhD, is a character played by Greg Edwards, known for his distinctive voice, one-liners, and awkward views on social commentary. Sparky Sweets, PhD, is a professor at the school of hard knocks.Originally from Virginia, Greg Edwards moved to San Francisco in 2001, where he has honed his comedic craft and developed a reputation for socially aware comedy punctuated with sharp one-liners, critical commentary, and his own distinctive voice. In 2009 he was honored with the Dan Crawford Award from the San Francisco Punchline, and has performed at Jamie Foxx’s Laffapolooza, SF SketchFest, and Riot LA. Edwards also stars as Sparky Sweets, PhD, in the popular web series Thug Notes, and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniella

To enjoy this book, you have to do the following: 1. Watch the Thug Notes/Wisecrack YouTube channel. Believe me, it's fucking worth it. 2. Don't be a prissy purist. If you're looking for a standard critique book of your favourite classic, then you're in the wrong hood, homie. As Dr. Sparky Sweets woul......more

Goodreads review by Benoit

The Wisecrack team has been a great job at something that's close to my heart: reconciling audiences with ideas and helping them reappropriating a conscious relationship to their entertainment without pushing a political agenda and this book, which I've listened to in audio format narrated by Dr. Sw......more

Goodreads review by Jason

I haven't read all of this yet, but I will. I've read enough to know it deserves all five stars, for this thing is a trip as well as extremely informative. It gives us reviews of 16 classic books with a thugtastic urban patois and is based on the Thug Notes webisodes. But the book entries are even b......more

Goodreads review by Erin

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read and review Thug Notes by Sparky Sweets, PhD. I have been looking forward to reading this book ever since I first heard about it a few months ago. I was extremely curious to see what classic literature meets gangsta entailed exact......more

Quotes

Praise for the hit YouTube series: 

"A deliciously executed example of the application of street sensibility to high-culture, high-concept areas." —The New York Times

"Move over, Cliff, there's a new Notes-master in town." —The Huffington Post

"If your eyes glaze over in class and your book reports are cribbed from Wikipedia, you might not need summer school . . . you might just need Thug Notes." —MTV 

"Thug Notes is taking wonderful literature and making it understandable, embraceable and making it usable." —PBS-TV, Tavis Smiley 

"Thug Notes delivers the innovation needed in education." —The Tampa Bay Times

"Thug Notes takes literary classics out of the academic ghetto." —The Daily Dot

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