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When you learn the alphabet /
"Kendra Allen's first collection of essays When You Learn the Alphabet--at its core--is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between father an...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Iowa Prize in Literary Nonfiction.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "Kendra Allen's first collection of essays When You Learn the Alphabet--at its core--is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between father and daughter as well as mother and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed and encouraged her ideas on social issues such as colorism, feminism, war-induced PTSD, homophobia, marriage, and 'the n-word, ' among other things"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (149 pages) |
| Awards: | "Winner of the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction." |
| ISBN: | 1609386302 9781609386306 9781609386290 1609386299 |