Well-read black girl - Glory Edim

'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 community, Well-Read Black Girl, brings
together original essays by some of America's best black women writers
to shine a light on how important it is that we all - regardless of
gender, race, religion, or ability - have the opportunity to find
ourselves in literature.


Whether it's learning about the
complexities of femalehood from Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison,
finding a new type of love in The Color Purple, or using
mythology to craft an alternative black future, each essay reminds us
why we turn to books in times of both struggle and relaxation. As she
has done with her book club-turned-online community, Edim has created a
space where black women's writing, knowledge and life experiences are
lifted up, to be shared with all readers who value the power of a story
to help us understand the world, and ourselves.

Contributors include: Jesmyn Ward, Lynn Nottage, Jacqueline Woodson, Gabourey Sidibe, Morgan Jerkins, Tayari Jones, Rebecca Walker, and Barbara Smith.

'Essential reading for the twenty-first-century reader. This book is smart,
powerful, and complete.' - Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko