Girls Write Now: Two Decades of True Stories from Young Female Voices [Paperback]

Both a feat of literary awesomeness and a slice of inspirational magic.?Every page feels like a peek inside the high school diary of a future Pulitzer-Prize-winning author living at a climactic moment in time and defining for herself who she wants to be. . . .?These essays amplify the fact that young girls everywhere deserve to be heard. Soak them in and marvel at their unique brilliance.Important work . . . A beautiful example of what happens when you let girls write and share it with the world.Through poetic verse and infused with native language, these 116 autobiographical short stories from black, Asian, and Latina young women are thoughtful, earnest, raw, regretful, angry, and impassioned . . .?The authors' authentic experiences will elicit strong emotional reactions from readers and maybe even encourage them to write their own. Strongly recommended.Find in these pages whispered, shouted, necessary notes on our present in the voices of?girls?on their way to becoming women.This book is a resounding affirmation of young female life, in all its multiplicity.Deeply important workyoung women,?now?more than ever, must claim their own stories.Warning: there is so much heart, intensity, guts, and sheer talent in these pages, youre going to need to remind yourself to breathe.These voices are brilliant and daring and playful and coming into their own. They are an absolute pleasure to read.The revolution is now and girls are leading the way! They are not afraid to speak up. These are the voices of our future leaders, activists, change makers. Give this book to all the girls and boys in your life. Give it to all the adults. Read it. Listen to their words. This is the revolution.It sounds like a fantasy, too good for this world. A place where women and?girls?meet to?write?and discuss?writing. Incredible.Each story here is a reminder that we build writers by not only believing that they have the talent and spirit it takes to?write, but also by showinglă