Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
$23.84
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
27 June 2023
Summary
‘Required reading.’ - Cosmopolitan
‘This should be read as a sacred text. Here, you will bear witness to a perpetual salvation song.’ - Jason Reynolds
Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives - but not everyone regularly sees themselves reflected on the pages of a book.
In this timely anthology, Glory Edim, founder of the online comm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409189282 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409189287 |
| Author: | Glory Edim |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Trapeze |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
These essays build the altars for black women to recognize and support each other’s work, not as collectibles rendered visible or easily consumed by non-black audiences, but as an acknowledgment of black women as architects of their own futures and universes… . Each essay can be read as a dispatch from the vast and wonderfully complex location that is black girlhood and womanhood… . They present literary encounters that may at times seem private and ordinary-hours spent in the children’s section of a public library or in a college classroom-but are no less monumental in their impact, - The Washington Post
Glory Edim has curated a brilliant collection of essential American reading for the twenty-first-century reader. This book is smart, powerful, and complete. - Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko and Free Food for MillionairesAbout The Author
Glory Edim
Glory Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a book club turned online community and literary festival. WRBG provides a vital space for Black women readers and writers to connect and grow in conversation. Since launching in 2015, WRBG has steadily grown into a thriving online community, showcasing Black women through literature and paying homage to Black women writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Maya Angelou.
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