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67/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Michaela Coel
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Co.
Date:
September 7, 2021
From the mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum, comes a declaration against fitting in.
What The Reviewers Say
Did it need to be a book in its own right? I would argue that the answer is yes.
The structure of Misfits – a manifesto emerging from a lecture on carving out space in the creative industries – puts me in mind of A Room of One’s Own. Where Virginia Woolf insisted on monolithic female victimhood, Coel is more complex on identity and clearer on the purpose of personal revelation.
... a small book with big ideas that provides revealing snapshots of a career in television from the vantage point of an outsider.
The vagaries of displacement and erasure evident in her work can be seen here - her immediate low-income environment enmeshed within the financial centre of Britain.
