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xiii, 316 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"Teenage girls tell their most urgent stories in personal essays, punctuated by inspiration and advice from Zadie Smith, Roxane Gay, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, and more of today's great writers. Girls Write Now: Two Decades of True Stories from Young Female Voices offers a brave and timely portrait of teenage-girl life in the United States over the past twenty years. They're working part-time jobs to make ends meet, deciding to wear a hijab to school, sharing a first kiss, coming out to their parents, confronting violence and bullying, and immigrating to a new country while holding onto their heritage. Through it all, these young writers tackle issues of race, gender, poverty, sex, education, politics, family, and friendship. Together their narratives capture indelible snapshots of the past and lay bare hopes, insecurities, and wisdom for the future. Interwoven is advice from great women writers, Roxane Gay, Francine Prose, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zadie Smith, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Janet Mock, Gloria Steinem, Lena Dunham, Mia Alvar, and Alice Walker, offering guidance to a young reader about where she's been and where she might go. Inspiring and informative, Girls Write Now belongs in every school, library and home, adding much-needed and long-overdue perspectives on what it is to be young in America"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Roxane gay -- Dear Kanye / Danni Green -- Adhan / Misbah Awan -- Step / Angelica Rozza -- Kiss me / Clio Contogenis -- Hajabi or jihadi? / Romaissaa Benzizoune -- Mott street between Houston and Prince / Samantha Carlin -- Model minority girl / Maggie Wang -- A touch of memory between Amsterdam and a guy named Columbus / Jasmine Holloway -- Life in odd numbers / Marquisele Mercedes -- Humming bird / Rocio Cuevas -- Eyes / Kiara Kerina-Rendina -- House keys / Lemi Hernandez-Kim -- My life / Lauren Melendez -- Francine Prose -- Dear you / Julia Mercado -- Abuelo's porch / Marcela Grillo -- Moments in a high school life / Emma Fiske-Dobell -- The places we came from / Tashi Sangmo -- Opening up / Meek Thomas -- The first 1578 days in New York City / Xiao Shan Liu -- Keeping faith / Zahraa Lopez -- Black / Rachel Aghanwa -- The hijabi / Nishat Anjum -- Scarf / Diana Diaz -- The photograph / Alexa Betances -- The search / Idamaris Perez -- The one I need / Janiah Taylor -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Why won't you stop!? / Kirby-Estar Laguerre -- The feminist in me / Tuhfa Begum -- Saturday morning / Mitzi Sanchez -- A walk through racism / Bianca Jeffrey -- Space / Tammy Chan -- Who am i? / Brittney Nanton -- Stunned silence / Winkie Ma -- A slight misunderstanding / Joy Smith -- The infamous catcall / Rosemary Alfonseca -- We protest with thunder not lightning / Soledad Aguilar-Colon -- It is me: the real Tianna C. / Tianna Coleman -- She's a 7.8 / Sarah Kearns -- Zadie Smith -- Dinner time / Joanne Lin -- Every little thing / Calayah Heron -- Growing up now / Ebony McNeil -- Abandoned by faith / Laura Rose Cardona -- Red apple pie / Michaela Burns -- It rained last night / Yesenia Torres -- Loving in new ways / Ava Nadel -- Inspirationfrom my mother / Fanta Camara -- Mother / Jennifer Lee -- En su espejo / Luna Rojas -- Diamonds / Juleisy Polanco -- Baby things / Emely Paulino -- Mia Alvar -- A time to heal / Mariam Kamate -- Chinese food on my chapped lips / Lucy Tan -- Write. / Janae Lowe -- Rising / Emily del Carmen Ramirez -- Joyful / Anglory Morel -- Happiness in compensations / Bushra Miah -- Time for healing / Marlyn Palomino -- Still looking / Ceasia King -- Work / Shannon Daniels -- Noriko's postcards / Mona Haddad -- The rebirth of Shanai Williams / Shanai Williams -- Janet Mock -- Monolid monologue / Becky Chao -- This is my dwelling / Amanda Day McCullough -- Where I'm from / Samantha White -- My Vietnam / Sasha Goodfriend -- On thermodynamics: a reflection / En Yu Zhang -- Life in Senegal / Yvonne Ndiaye -- Hurricane connor / Ryan Marie Marini -- Autism is... / Charlene Vasquez -- Requiem / Toni Bruno -- Forgiveness not burden / Jiselle Abraham -- All over again / Shirleyka Hector -- The sky's the limit / Rayhana Maarouf -- Lena Dunham -- Made out of diamonds / Erin Pennill -- Easy-bake oven / Kiana Marte -- What's twenty percent of forty-eight? / Ireen Hossain -- Some days over the summer / Kaytlin Carlo -- Why obsessions matter / Diamond Abreu -- Invasion of the germs / Rashri Shamsundar -- Empire state / Brittany Barker -- Moving on / Brianna Marie Marini -- Nagiti-buitu / Suyapa Martinez -- An extroverted introvert / Samantha Verdugo -- Taunting little jar of sugar / Xena Leycea-Bruno -- 37th Street / Fareena Samad -- Gloria Steinem -- By grace through love / Grace Han -- The case of the ugly black shoes / Valerie Pereyra -- Baile de idiomas / Sophia Chan -- Friends, discrimination, peace / Kimberley Garcia -- Raw beauty / Tiana Zuniga -- I'm finally home / Medelin Cuevas -- Switching beds / Rumer Legendre -- My search for comfort / Paldon Dolma -- You're (not quite) hired / Ilana Schiller-Weiss -- Sunday call / Tina Gao -- Los regalos de angelitos / Emily Sarita -- Writing out of my shell / Zariah Jenkins -- Quiara Alegria Hudes -- A taste of duck and family / Priscilla Guo -- A woman with power / Ro |
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Teenage girls -- United States -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
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Teenage girls -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781947793057 (paperback) |
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