⭐️ 2023 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARD (IPPY) WINNER ⭐️
(SILVER, MULTICULTURAL NONFICTION)
⭐️ 2022 INDIES FINALIST ⭐️
(FOREWORD)
Behold this tremendous book in your hands, evidence of our survivance, our tender-wicked-raw-luminous-deftly-crafted-supreme-literary-presence.
Jamie Figueroa, author of Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer
THIS JUST IN!
Nonwhite and Woman is a 2022 INDIES Finalist, Foreword Reviews.
Winners to be announced in June 2023!
all i knew was my mother’s tongue
A white girl, a not-me girl, got my father and his love.
I dream of becoming water, of ships, of swimming in the dark.
They say, “How do you pronounce your name?”
131 Stunning and Evocative Voices Come Together in Nonwhite and Woman: 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World
Editors Darien Hsu Gee and Carla Crujido bring together 131 personal narratives written by established and emerging women of color. In 300 words or less, these true stories speak to otherness, familial relationships, impossible beauty standards, ancestral heritage, coming of age, and owning one’s place in the world. This singular collection, inspired by Lucille Clifton’s luminous poem, won’t you celebrate with me, sings to the beauty of how these women live and thrive in the world, and how they make their lives their own.
Includes author commentaries, discussion questions for further exploration, resources for additional reading, and a how-to guide to writing micro essays. Recommended for personal or classroom use; downloadable book club and teaching guides available.
ISBN-13: 978-1949116694
Contributors
With micro essays and poetry from: Loralee Abercrombie ⋅ Karina L. Agbisit ⋅ María Alejandra Barrios ⋅ Hala Alyan ⋅ Anastacia-Reneé ⋅ Julie Hakim Azzam ⋅ Maroula Blades ⋅ Kimberly Blaeser ⋅ ʻIolani Brosio ⋅ Vivian Mary Carroll ⋅ Samantha Chagollan ⋅ Victoria Cho ⋅ Fela Cortés ⋅ Carla Crujido ⋅ Margarita Cruz ⋅ Ella deCastro Baron ⋅ Camille Dungy ⋅ Tina Ehsanipour ⋅ Dara Yen Elerath ⋅ Safia Elhillo ⋅ Theresa Falk ⋅ Alison Feuerwerker ⋅ Fatimah Finney ⋅ CMarie Fuhrman ⋅ Helena Garcia ⋅ Isabel Garcia-Gonzales ⋅ Gabrielle Ghaderi ⋅ Victoria K. Gonzales ⋅ Michelle Guerrero Henry ⋅ Samina Hadi-Tabassum ⋅ Stephanie Han ⋅ Ida Soon-Ok Hart ⋅ Sadia Hassan ⋅ Lisa Lee Herrick ⋅ Chelsea Tayrien Hicks ⋅ Christine C. Hsu ⋅ Kaitlyn Hsu ⋅ Rogelia Lily Ibarra ⋅ Mee Ok Icaro ⋅ Amal Iman ⋅ Toni Jensen ⋅ Alyssa Jocson Porter ⋅ Anita Johnson ⋅ Tayari Jones ⋅ Leena Jun ⋅ Kristiana Kahakauwila ⋅ Mohja Kahf ⋅ Blaise Allysen Kearsley ⋅ Lena Khalaf Tuffaha ⋅ Sabina Khan-Ibarra ⋅ Saheli Khastagir ⋅ Amanda Mei Kim ⋅ Eugenia Kim ⋅ Iris (Yi Youn) Kim ⋅ Kalehua Kim ⋅ Lydia Kim ⋅ Yi Shun Lai ⋅ Cassandra Lane ⋅ Devi S. Laskar ⋅ Sherilyn Lee ⋅ Lavonne Leong ⋅ Selina Li Bi ⋅ Joanna Mailani Lima ⋅ Grace Hwang Lynch ⋅ Aretha Matt ⋅ DW McKinney ⋅ Sarah E. Mcquate ⋅ Claire Meuschke ⋅ Donna Miscolta ⋅ Sandy Namgung ⋅ Shaina A. Nez ⋅ Joan Obra ⋅ Preeti Parikh ⋅ Deesha Philyaw ⋅ London Pinkney ⋅ Saarika Rao ⋅ Barbara Jane Reyes ⋅ Roshni Riar ⋅ Karen Rigby ⋅ Rahna Reiko Rizzuto ⋅ Adrienne Robillard ⋅ Daleelah Saleh ⋅ Shei Sanchez ⋅ Misty-Lynn Sanico ⋅ Misty Shock Rule ⋅ SJ Sindu ⋅ Gabrielle Smith ⋅ Jen Soriano ⋅ Liza Sparks ⋅ Anupama Spencer ⋅ Elizabeth Su ⋅ Victoria Sun ⋅ Yong Takahashi ⋅ Grace Talusan ⋅ Jeanne Tanaka ⋅ Imani Tolliver ⋅ Frances Kai-Hwa Wang ⋅ Keʻalohi Wang ⋅ Durthy A. Washington ⋅ Zinaria Williams ⋅ Jane Wong
Masthead
Darien Hsu Gee ⋅ Carla Crujido ⋅ Amy Bower ⋅ Tina Ehsanipour ⋅ Daleelah Saleh ⋅ Jing Jing Tsong (Cover Artist) ⋅ Dr. Claudia Femenías (Forward)
Publicity Requests
Publicity inquiries should be sent to David LeGere, Publisher [david at woodhallpress dot com].
Press Release: Download the PDF
Lucille’s Poem
To read or share Lucille Clifton’s poem, won’t you celebrate with me, visit these links:
- won’t you celebrate with me on Poetry Foundation
- won’t you celebrate with me on Poets.org
View and listen to her reading the poem here:
