Nonwhite and woman : 131 micro essays on being in the world
Edition
First edition
Publication Information
Norwalk, CT : Woodhall Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
Editors Darien Hsu Gee and Carla Crujido bring together 131 personal narratives written 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. Includes author commentaries, discussion questions for further exploration, resources for additional reading, and a guide to writing micro essays.
Contents
- Name / Driving soundtrack / The first warm day of the year / This is not a rehearsal / Exceptional / Weightless / How to erase an Arab / White-haired nana / Consignment / Living brave / On being made whole / Unearthing joy / Mother tongue / Alien / Audition / The color of my skin / Sugar coated (1979) / Are you sure that isn't your drinking name? / A dagli for the friend who emailed 10K words, in ascending (dis)order, a one-way yelling match of why Trump is God's savior for "We the sheeple" and why I must agree / A good hike / More than a ghost / Pomegranates / Epistle from a poppy to a cactus / How to mount a butterfly / Steam iron / Self-portrait with no flag / In answer to your questions as you pass our family on the street / To my daughter reading Tolkien / Eggs / In my skin : an autobiography / Cindian / Cindyjawea / Dress up like an Indian / A tale I have never lived / Pull / Persian vs. Iranian / Part of the problem / The cartography of my face / Hair/bhaal / Passing in the Middle Kingdom / Elegy / Kkamdoongie in Korea, kolored in Kentucky, a chink in America / Reader, I hadn't named it, yet / Greetings from the Land of Smiles / Beige mask #1 / Beige mask #2 / China doll / Lunch / Érase una nariz superlativa / Real mom / Hyper/in/visible / R/evolution / Women in the fracklands / Collector's item / Combative / Black everything / Dear white evangelicals / Brown baby / Stranger danger / Voyager dust / The first time it happened / What do we call it? / Hues of Mama / Whose skin is my skin? / Touch : a transcription / Broad margins / Jjimjilbang, bathhouse / The path / The quirky sidekick of color askes her book club to pick a book / When I am homesick / Or are you normal / Currents / We are bridges / Girl as map / I words / BUR to SJC : on being an only child and caregiving road warrior at 52 / Heat / Amah / Postcard from Manila / Call and response / 4(1)st birthday noodles / Behind the mask / My home / Peril + power / (Un)taming the beast / Mean well / Brown / Running wild while Asian / Haz 'ą́ / To my daughter's future bullies / A language lost / Manifesto for the dreamland / Daddy's girl / The exam / Tell us you're a Black guy who only dates white girls without telling us you only date white girls / The question / Redbone / Misnomer / A seat at the table / Track: "You're the one," by Fanny (1971) / Balancing act / By blood / Autobiography as a Panamanian botanical index / Lunar Geography / Origin / Imperfect mother / Just like / Ramadan / Border between / Not safe for work / Korean culture camp / Mother / Mocha / Along the way / Driving to work, I think, what if I were a white man? / Only pinks, please / Back to the roots / Meet the minority / Cafeteria tree / Special education / Searching / Watch out, there might be spies in the room / These hands / Auntie's house / Hapa / Mischling / Instilled confidence / Giv us our crowns / MAD