
Description
Product Details
Publisher | She Writes Press |
Publish Date | May 24, 2016 |
Pages | 368 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781631520839 |
Dimensions | 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.8 inches | 1.1 pounds |
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Reviews
-People magazine
"In giving young women in the five boroughs this biggest of all gifts, Girls Write Now is giving the rest of us the gift of those girls."
-Gloria Steinem
"Girls Write Now makes the extraordinary possible-helping girls find and give shape to their voices."
-Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist
"The power of expression is in evidence in this anthology, which demonstrates the resonant effects that can take place between a seasoned writer and a beginning one; between a reader and a collection of strong, important writing."
-Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings
"I wish for every reader who opens this book the same feeling I had when I first met Girls Write Now: inspiration."
-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah
"This year's anthology celebrates the idea of breaking through boundaries, and nothing could be more exciting than watching these writers do just that."
-Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train
"When girls write their truth in their particular way, with their particular vibrant edged rhythms and images, the door to the new world opens. Girls Write Now is a breathtaking liberation. The wild birds are flying free."
-Eve Ensler, playwright and founder of V-Day
"Girls Write Now is an amazing program. Perhaps 'empowering' is an overused word, but it couldn't be more appropriate." -AJ Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically "I can't overstate how important Girls Write Now is for giving young women a platform to tell their stories."
-Isaac Fitzgerald, Buzzfeed Books
"I'm delighted and moved to have encountered such talented and vibrant young writers."
-Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
"What an honor it is to hear the cries, charges, and cheers of a brilliant generation of sister-writers.">
-Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness
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