Black enough : stories of being young & black in America
Title:
Black enough : stories of being young & black in America
Author:
Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, editor.
ISBN:
9780062698728
9780008326555
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xiv, 400 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Half a moon / Renée Watson -- Black enough / Varian Johnson -- Warning, color may fade / Leah Henderson -- Black. Nerd. Problems / Lamar Giles -- Out of the silence / Kekla Magoon -- The ingredients / Jason Reynolds -- Oreo / Brandy Colbert -- Samson and the Delilahs / Tochi Onyebuchi -- Stop playing / Liara Tamani -- Wild horses, wild hearts / Jay Coles -- Whoa! / Rita Williams-Garcia -- Gravity / Tracey Baptiste -- The trouble with drowning / Dhonielle Clayton -- Kissing Sarah Smart / Justina Ireland -- Hackathon Summers / Coe Booth -- Into the starlight / Nic Stone -- The (r)evolution of Nigeria Jones / Ibi Zoboi.
Abstract:
Black is ... sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is ... three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is ... Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is ... two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more--because there are countless ways to be Black enough. A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.
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