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Jamilah Lemieux, the writer who once penned an open letter to Tyler Perry critiquing his stereotypical portrayals, has released her debut book *Black. Single. Mother.*. The memoir intertwines personal anecdotes with scholarly analysis of the Moynihan Report, intersectionality, and the historical violence faced by Black women. In its final third, Lemieux invites other Black single mothers to contribute their own stories, shifting the narrative from external judgment to lived experience. A Zoom conversation with the author is scheduled for April 29, offering readers a chance to engage directly with the work.
The post asks Roxane how she sustained her writing before gaining an audience, probing the emotional and practical challenges of early‑career authors. It frames the question through the lens of a tired MFA‑trained mother juggling school drop‑offs and writing on...
Amber Husain’s third book, *Tell Me How You Eat*, expands her previous explorations of flesh and labor to a sweeping meditation on humanity’s relationship with food. Drawing on examples from World War II starvation experiments to modern vegan debates, the work...
