How to Become a Black Writer
Mango Media (Verlag)
978-1-68481-715-3 (ISBN)
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Prologue
Chapter 1 "The Girl Who Flew on the Wings of Words"
Chapter 2 "Pride Power Passion/The Tree of Knowledge"
Chapter 3 "Biting the Big Apple
Chapter 4 "Coming Home"
Chapter 5 "Making It Real"
Chapter 6 "Witness, Witness"
Chapter 7 "Teaching"
Chapter 8 "A Calling Not a Career"
Acknowledgments
About the Author
How Black Stories Shaped My OwnAward-winning author Marita Golden explores her writing career and how the igniting power of storytelling is still inspiring generations of Black authors today.
A lifetime of stories to tell. Growing up, Marita would listen to bedtime stories of Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, and many other champions of Black history. Now a champion herself in the literary world, she shares her story in a motivational autobiography you will never forget. How to Become a Black Writer details Marita Golden’s life, career, and the most cherished memories she made along the way. From nurturing her passions during the civil rights movement to celebrating her 40th writing anniversary in D.C., Marita shows that every dreamer can inspire others with their story.
A love letter to Black authors and readers. How to Become a Black Writer is not only just Marita’s story, but can also be the start of yours. Inside, you’ll find lessons and instructions based on her experiences during the renaissance of Black literature to help you cultivate your voice. Featuring timeless knowledge that helped not only Marita, but bestselling storytellers like Nzotake Shange and Toni Morrison, you, too can make a big change in the book publishing world.
Discover meaningful events and the people behind them that helped Marita Golden to become the leading icon she is today, such as:
How she was mentored under feminist poet Audre Lorde
Life as a groundbreaking journalist at Essence Magazine
Co-founding and leading the Hurston-Wright Foundation to help publish Black stories
So if you’re looking for more motivational memoirs like Dear Black Girl, Legacy, or Badass Black Girl, you’ll love How to Become a Black Writer.
Marita Golden is a bestselling author, journalist, activist, and consultant famous for crafting over 20 fiction and non-fiction works. Starting as a freelance writer and editor for magazines such as The New York Times and Essence Magazine, she released her debut memoir, Migrations of the Heart, in 1984. Since then, she has published renowned books such as Saving Our Sons and Don’t Play in the Sun, as well as novels like The Edge of Heaven and After. Marita has also led several lectures and workshops, as well as founding the Hurston-Wright Foundation to help current and future Black authors bring their stories to life. She currently lives in Washington D.C. Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times bestselling author of 35 books, including Becoming Muhammad Ali (co-authored with James Patterson), Solo, Rebound, which was shortlisted for the prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is the Founding Editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that aims to Change the World One Word at a Time. Kwame's most recent book is Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope. Find out more info on Kwame and where he'll be at www.KwameAlexander.com.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.3.2025 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Kwame Alexander |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | FL |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-68481-715-3 / 1684817153 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-68481-715-3 / 9781684817153 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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