{"product_id":"a-measure-of-belonging-twenty-one-writers-of-color-on-the-new-american-south-paperback","title":"A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCinelle Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Times Books New \u0026amp; Noteworthy book - A Most-Anticipated Book from BookPage, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Paperback Paris - Glowing reviews and features in \u003cem\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/em\u003e, CNN Philippines, Chapter16, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, \u003c\/em\u003e and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fierce collection celebrates the incredible diversity in the contemporary South by featuring essays by twenty-one of the finest young writers of color living and working in the region today, who all address a central question: Who is welcome?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKiese Laymon navigates the racial politics of publishing while recording his audiobook in Mississippi. Regina Bradley moves to Indiana and grapples with a landscape devoid of her Southern cultural touchstones, like Popeyes and OutKast. Aruni Kashyap apartment hunts in Athens and encounters a minefield of invasive questions. Frederick McKindra delves into the particularly Southern history of Beyonce's black majorettes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssembled by editor and essayist Cinelle Barnes, essays in \u003cem\u003eA Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South\u003c\/em\u003e acknowledge that from the DMV to the college basketball court to doctors' offices, there are no shortage of places of tension in the American South. Urgent, necessary, funny, and poignant, these essays from new and established voices confront the complexities of the South's relationship with race, uncovering the particular difficulties and profound joys of being a Southerner in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCinelle Barnes is a memoirist, essayist, and educator from Manila, Philippines, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eMonsoon Manshion: A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMalaya: Essays on Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e. She earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Converse College. Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed Reader, Catapult, Literary Hub, Hyphen, Panorama: A Journal of Intelligent Travel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSouth 85\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Her work has received fellowships and grants from VONA, Kundiman, the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund, and the Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant. Barnes is the 2018-19 writer-in-residence at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, SC, where she and her family live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 189\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769423692064,"sku":"9781938235719","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/674cb1e58b5de2c9bcdbaca1f135ac39.webp?v=1780347799","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-measure-of-belonging-twenty-one-writers-of-color-on-the-new-american-south-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}