Kim McLarin

Broschiertes Buch

Womanish

A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life

Beschreibung

Searing in its emotional honesty, Womanish is an essay collection by award-winning author Kim McLarin that explores what it means to be a Black woman in today's turbulent times. Combining statistics and studies with lived experience, Womanish is a comprehensive and cathartic text.

Autor

Kim McLarin is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels Taming It Down, Meeting of the Waters, and Jump at the Sun, and a memoir, Divorce Dog: Motherhood, Men, & Midlife. Her work has been honored by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, the Barnes & Noble Discover Program, the Hurston/Wright Foundation and the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, among other organizations. McLarin's nonfiction writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, The Washington Post, Slate, The Root and other publications. She is a former staff writer for The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Associated Press. McLarin appears regularly on the Emmy-Award winning show Basic Black, Boston's long-running television program devoted to African-American themes. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College in Boston, and a member of the board of PEN New England.

Produktdetails

• Jacaranda
• Verlag: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 132mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 176g
• ISBN-13: 9781909762978
• ISBN-10: 1909762970
• Artikelnr.: 58343056