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Black is the body stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time, and mine

A collection of personal essays explores the complexities and paradoxes of growing up black in the South with a white surname as well as the author's experiences with interracial marriage, international adoption, and teaching at a Northern white college. --

Main Author: Bernard, Emily, 1967- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Bernard, Emily, > 1967-
African American women > Biography.
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Race relations.
Autobiographies.
Summary: A collection of personal essays explores the complexities and paradoxes of growing up black in the South with a white surname as well as the author's experiences with interracial marriage, international adoption, and teaching at a Northern white college. --
Item Description: "This is a Borzoi book."
Physical Description: xiii, 217 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9780451493026
0451493028
Author Notes: EMILY BERNARD was born and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and received her PhD in American studies from Yale University. She has been the recipient of grants from the Ford Foundation, the NEH, and a W. E. B. Du Bois Resident Fellowship at Harvard University. Her essays have been published in journals and anthologies, among them The American Scholar, Best American Essays, and Best African American Essays . She is the Julian Lindsay Green and Gold Professor of English at the University of Vermont.

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