Girls Write Now: Two Decades of True Stories from Young Female Voices by Girls W

Description: Girls Write Now by Girls Write Now Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Teenage girls tell their most urgent stories in this collection--a brave and timely portrait of teenage-girl life in the United States over the past 20 years. Together their narratives capture indelible snapshots of the past and lay bare hopes, insecurities, and wisdom for the future. 1/2. Publisher Description Girls Write Now: Two Decades of True Stories from Young Female Voices offers a brave and timely portrait of teenage-girl life in the United States over the past twenty years. Theyre working part-time jobs to make ends meet, deciding to wear a hijab to school, sharing a first kiss, coming out to their parents, confronting violence and bullying, and immigrating to a new country while holding onto their heritage. Through it all, these young writers tackle issues of race, gender, poverty, sex, education, politics, family, and friendship. Together their narratives capture indelible snapshots of the past and lay bare hopes, insecurities, and wisdom for the future.Interwoven is advice from great women writers--Roxane Gay, Francine Prose, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zadie Smith, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Janet Mock, Gloria Steinem, Lena Dunham, Mia Alvar, and Alice Walker--offering guidance to a young reader about where shes been and where she might go. Inspiring and informative, Girls Write Now belongs in every school, library and home, adding much-needed and long-overdue perspectives on what it is to be young in America. Author Biography Girls Write Now mentors underserved young women to find their voices through the power of writing and community. Founded in 1998, Girls Write Now is New Yorks first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls, and one of the nations top after school programs as distinguished twice by the White House and the Presidents Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Girls Write Now has been honored twice by the Nonprofit Excellence Awards as one of New York Citys top ten nonprofits, and twice by the New York City Council as one of the citys top girl only initiative. Girls Write Now writers have performed at Lincoln Center and the United Nations, published original work in Newsweek, Elle India, AOL Cambio, Huffington Post and the Girls Write Now award-winning anthology, and earned hundreds of Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Details ISBN 1947793055 ISBN-13 9781947793057 Title Girls Write Now Author Girls Write Now Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 250 Publisher Tin House Books GE_Item_ID:161942122; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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