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Title Black is the body : stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time, and mine / by Emily Bernard.
Author Bernard, Emily, 1967- author.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  B BERNARD    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B BERNARD    Check Shelves
 South Trail  B BERNARD    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 217 pages ; 20 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Summary "A collection of essays on race"-- Provided by publisher.
Note "This is a Borzoi book."
Contents Going home -- Scar tissue -- Teaching the N word -- Interstates -- Mother on Earth -- Black is the body -- Skin -- White friend -- Her glory -- Motherland -- People like me -- Epilogue: my turn.
Subject Bernard, Emily, 1967-
African American women -- Biography.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
United States -- Race relations.
Genre Autobiographies.
Subject ocls african american bio
ISBN 9780451493026 (hardcover) : $25.95
0451493028 (hardcover)