Category:
Literary Fiction
Regular value:
$12.99
Deal value:
$2.99
Deal begins:
December 19, 2022
Deal ends:
December 19, 2022
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Proudly introducing the Well-Read Black Girl Library Series, On Girlhood is a lovingly curated anthology celebrating quick fiction from such luminaries as Rita Dove, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and extra.
Featuring tales by: Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Dorothy West, Rita Dove, Camille Acker, Toni Cade Bambara, Amina Gautier, Alexia Arthurs, Dana Johnson, Alice Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edwidge Danticat, Shay Youngblood, Paule Marshall, and Zora Neale Hurston.
“When you look over your own library, who do you see?” asks Well-Read Black Girl founder Glory Edim on this lovingly curated anthology. Bringing collectively an array of “unforgettable, and resonant coming-of-age stories” (Nicole Dennis-Benn), Edim continues her life’s work to brighten and enrich American studying lives by way of the work of each canonical and modern Black authors—from Jamaica Kincaid and Toni Morrison to Dana Johnson and Alexia Arthurs. Divided into 4 themes—Innocence, Belonging, Love, and Self-Discovery—On Girlhood options fierce younger protagonists who cope with trials that form who they’re and what they are going to grow to be. At instances heartbreaking and hilarious, the tales inside push previous flat stereotypes and powerfully convey the great thing about Black girlhood, leading to an indispensable compendium for each residence library.
“A compelling anthology that . . . results in a literary master class.” —Keishel Williams, Washington Post
“A beautiful and comforting patchwork quilt of stories from our literary contemporaries and foremothers.” —Ibi Zoboi, New York Times best-selling coauthor of Punching the Air
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