Category: Autobiography/Biography

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The Prosaïc Soul of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni | The Prosaïc Soul of Nikki Giovanni | For the first time, the collected prose of national treasure Nikki Giovanni Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Yea

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner Black Interest

Looking for Lorraine by Perry Imani

Perry Imani | Looking for Lorraine | A revealing portrait of one of the most gifted and charismatic, yet least understood, Black artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century.

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Babe by Susan E. Cayleff

Susan E. Cayleff | Babe | One of the most gifted athletes of all time, Babe Didrikson Zaharias dominated track and field, winning two Olympic gold medals and a controversial si

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Calling Dr. Laura: a Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges

Nicole J. Georges | Calling Dr. Laura: a Graphic Memoir | Nationally, Portland, Oregon is known for being a rainy green city of bicyclists, 20-something hipsters, and enough log-jammed trends from the ninetie

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Under This Beautiful Dome by Terry Mutchler

Terry Mutchler | Under This Beautiful Dome | ”One of the greatest love stories I have ever heard played out right here, under this beautiful dome. But it was a secret. Penny and Terry just wante

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The Fiery Fountains by Margaret C. Anderson

Margaret C. Anderson | The Fiery Fountains | Margaret Anderson is best known as the editor of the Little Review , an avant-garde magazine which from 1914 to 1929 a miraculously long life span was

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The Wind Is Spirit by Gloria L. Joseph

Gloria L. Joseph | The Wind Is Spirit | Across the country and around the world, the bold and powerful Audre Lorde has been a touchstone for generations of writers and activists. And while s

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Michael Field by Mary C. Sturgeon

Mary C. Sturgeon | Michael Field | Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of the English authors and lovers Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 Sep

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Queer Japan by Barbara Summerhawk; Chiron McMahill; Darren McDonald

Barbara Summerhawk; Chiron McMahill; Darren McDonald | Queer Japan | In this important contribution to international queer studies, sixteen people, spanning generations from pre-war to newly out young activists, tell th

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Kiss Me Again, Paris by Renate Stendhal

Renate Stendhal | Kiss Me Again, Paris | On the iPhone App Bitmoji, my Avatar is a little stick figure (more stick than figure) with a French beret and thigh-high black boots, just the kind I