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A Measure of Belonging: Writers of Color on the New American South

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Readers

82/100

Critics

61/100

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Author:

Cinelle Barnes, Jaswinder Bolina, Regina N. Bradley, Jennifer Hope Choi, Tiana Clark, Christena Cleveland, Osayi Endolyn, M. Evelina Galang, Minda Honey, Gary Jackson, Toni Jensen, Aruni Kashyap, Latria Graham, Soniah Kamal, Frederick McKindra, Devi Laskar, Kiese Laymon, Nichole Perkins, Joy Priest, Ivelisse Rodriguez, Natalia Sylvester

Publisher:

Hub City Press

Date:

October 6, 2020

This collection celebrates the diversity in the contemporary American South by featuring essays by twenty-one young writers of color living and working in the region today, who all address a central question: Who is welcome?

What The Reviewers Say

Sarojini Seupersad,
BookPage
... penetrating.
Kashif Andrew Graham,
Nashville Scene
These essays, all well-written, take a great variety of tones and approaches.
LaParis Hawkins,
Booklist
... captivating storytelling.

Kirkus
Fortunately, the roads taken by these authors are anything but rehearsed.