Editors Darien Hsu Gee and Carla Crujido bring together 131 personal narrativeswritten by established and emerging women of color. In 300 words or less, these true stories speak to otherness, familial relationships, impossible beauty standards, ancestral heritage, coming of age, and owning one’s place in the world. This singular collection, inspired by Lucille Clifton’s luminous poem, won’t you celebrate with me, sings to the beauty of how these women live and thrive in the world, and how they make their lives their own. 2023 IPPY Award winner (Silver) for Adult Multicultural Nonfiction.
Includes author commentaries, discussion questions for further exploration, resources for additional reading, and a guide to writing micro essays. Recommended for personal or classroom use; downloadable book club and teaching guides available.
With micro essays and poetry from:
• Loralee Abercrombie
• Karina L. Agbisit
• María Alejandra Barrios
• Hala Alyan
• Anastacia-Reneé
• Julie Hakim Azzam
• Maroula Blades
• Kimberly Blaeser
• Iolani Brosio
• Vivian Mary Carroll
• Samantha Chagollan
• Victoria Cho
• Fela Cortés
• Carla Crujido
• Margarita Cruz
• Ella deCastro Baron
• Camille Dungy
• Tina Ehsanipour
• Dara Yen Elerath
• Safia Elhillo
• Theresa Falk
• Alison Feuerwerker
• Fatimah Finney
• CMarie Fuhrman
• Helena Garcia
• Isabel Garcia-Gonzales
• Gabrielle Ghaderi
• Victoria K. Gonzales
• Michelle Guerrero Henry
• Samina Hadi-Tabassum
• Stephanie Han
• Ida Soon-Ok Hart
• Sadia Hassan
• Lisa Lee Herrick
• Chelsea Tayrien Hicks
• Christine C. Hsu
• Kaitlyn Hsu
• Rogelia Lily Ibarra
• Mee Ok Icaro
• Amal Iman
• Toni Jensen
• Alyssa Jocson Porter
• Anita Johnson
• Tayari Jones
• Leena Jun
• Kristiana Kahakauwila
• Mohja Kahf
• Blaise Allysen Kearsley
• Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
• Sabina Khan-Ibarra
• Saheli Khastagir
• Amanda Mei Kim
• Eugenia Kim
• Iris (Yi Youn) Kim
• Kalehua Kim
• Lydia Kim
• Yi Shun Lai
• Cassandra Lane
• Devi S. Laskar
• Sherilyn Lee
• Lavonne Leong
• Selina Li Bi
• Joanna Mailani Lima
• Grace Hwang Lynch
• Aretha Matt
• DW McKinney
• Sarah E. Mcquate
• Claire Meuschke
• Donna Miscolta
• Sandy Namgung
• Shaina A. Nez
• Joan Obra
• Preeti Parikh
• Deesha Philyaw
• London Pinkney
• Saarika Rao
• Barbara Jane Reyes
• Roshni Riar
• Karen Rigby
• Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
• Adrienne Robillard
• Daleelah Saleh
• Shei Sanchez
• Misty-Lynn Sanico
• Misty Shock Rule
• SJ Sindu
• Gabrielle Smith
• Jen Soriano
• Liza Sparks
• Anupama Spencer
• Elizabeth Su
• Victoria Sun
• Yong Takahashi
• Grace Talusan
• Jeanne Tanaka
• Imani Tolliver
• Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
• Keʻalohi Wang
• Durthy A. Washington
• Zinaria Williams
• Jane Wong
