An Autobiography of Skin by Carr, Lakiesha

An Autobiography of Skin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593316535)

Vendor: Lakiesha Carr
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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An Autobiography of Skin by Carr, Lakiesha

An Autobiography of Skin

$27.00
An Autobiography of Skin by Carr, Lakiesha

An Autobiography of Skin

$27.00
Format: Hardcover
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A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - This magisterial, intimate look at Black womanhood "follows three women whose various traumas haunt them literally and metaphorically, as it explores what it means to be a Black woman in America today" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice).

A middle-aged woman feed slots at a secret back-room parlor. A new mother descends into a devastating postpartum depression, wracked with the fear that she is unable to protect her children. A daughter returns home to join the other women in her family waging spiritual combat with the ghosts of their past.

An Autobiography of Skin is a dazzling and masterful portrait of interconnected generations in the South from a singular new voice, offering a raw and tender view into the interior lives of Black women. It is at once a powerful look at how experiences are carried inside the body, inside the flesh and skin, and a joyous testament to how healing can be found within--in love, mercy, gratitude, and freedom.

Author: Lakiesha Carr
ISBN-10: 0593316533
ISBN-13: 9780593316535
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2023
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.30w x 1.34d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2022 pg. 4
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 01/02/2023
Booklist 02/01/2023 pg. 17
By Lakiesha Carr
By Lakiesha Carr
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LAKIESHA CARR graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and received her MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was awarded a Maytag Fellowship for Excellence in Fiction and a Jeff and Vicki Edwards Post-graduate Fellowship in Fiction. A journalist and writer from East Texas, she has held various editorial and production positions with CNN, The New York Times, and other media. Her writing has received support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities for nonfiction writing, and the Kimbilio Fellowship for fiction writing.

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