The misadventures of Awkward Black Girl /

Rae, Issa,

The misadventures of Awkward Black Girl / Awkward Black Girl Issa Rae. - First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition. - xv, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A/S/L -- FAT -- ABG guide: public grazing -- Leading lady -- ABG guide: connecting with other blacks -- When you can't dance -- Hair hierarchy -- ABG guide: the hair advantage -- Public displays of affection -- African dad -- Dating lessons & summer lust -- ABG guide: black women & Asian men -- Musical ambitions & failures -- The struggle -- Halfrican -- Fashion deficient -- New York, NY -- ABG guide: when co-workers attack.

"A collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and Black as cool ... [from] Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning ... series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"--

9781476749051 (hbk.) 1476749051 (hbk.)

2014030993


Rae, Issa.


African American young women--Biography.
Young women--United States--Biography.
Introverts--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Senegalese Americans--Biography.
African American young women--Social life and customs.
Clumsiness--Social aspects--United States.
African American young women--Humor.
HUMOR / Form / Essays.
HUMOR / Topic / Relationships.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.

E185.97.R24 / A3 2015

305.48/896073 B