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Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781643751580ISBN-10:1643751581UPC:9781643751580Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, African American & Black, LGBTQ+Size:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC0X9Y5PYF
Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found
In this searing and uplifting memoir, a young Black queer woman fresh out of college adopts her baby brother after their incarcerated mother dies, determined to create the kind of family she never had. Nikkya Hargrove spent a good portion of her childhood in prison visiting rooms. When her mother--addicted to cocaine and just out of prison--had a son and then died only a few months later, Nikkya...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781643751580ISBN-10:1643751581UPC:9781643751580Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, African American & Black, LGBTQ+Size:8.40 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC0X9Y5PYF
Nikkya Hargrove is a graduate of Bard College and currently serves as a member of the school's Board of Governors and chair of the alumni/ae Diversity Committee. A LAMBDA Literary Nonfiction Fellow, she has written about adoption, marriage, motherhood, and the prison system for The Washington Post, The Guardian, The New York Times, Scary Mommy, and Shondaland. She has worked for social impact...
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