Girls Write Now
Two Decades of True Stories from Young Female Voices
by Girls Write Now, editor
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Pub Date Oct 16 2018 | Archive Date Sep 30 2018
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Description
Teenage girls tell their most urgent stories, punctuated by inspiration and advice from Zadie Smith, Roxane Gay, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, and more of today's great writers.
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. They're 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 she's 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.
About the Organization: Girls Write Now mentors under-served young women to find their voices through the power of writing and community. Founded in 1998, Girls Write Now is New York's first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls, and one of the nation's top after school programs as distinguished twice by the White House and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Girls Write Now has been honored twice by the Nonprofit Excellence Awards as one of New York City's top ten nonprofits, and twice by the New York City Council as one of the city's 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.
Advance Praise
“Find in these pages whispered, shouted, necessary notes on our present in the voices of girls on their way to becoming women.” - Naomi Jackson
“This book is a resounding affirmation of young female life, in all its multiplicity.” - Tavi Gevinson
“Warning: there is so much heart, intensity, guts, and sheer talent in these pages, you’re going to need to remind yourself to breathe.” - Lynn Melnick
“Deeply important work—young women, now more than ever, must claim their own stories.” - Emma Cline
“These voices are brilliant and daring and playful and coming into their own. They are an absolute pleasure to read.” - Nicola Yoon
“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.” - Ellen Oh
“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 showing them how our very voices can influence the world.” - Lisa Lucas
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781947793057 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Anna W, Librarian
Sectioned off by quotes from strong female writers like Roxane Gay, Zadie Smith, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, this collection of girls’ letters is both heartening and heartbreaking.
Authentic, strong (although insightful and empathetic) girls voice their thoughts on having a voice, independence, and maintaining identity.
This book would be a powerful weapon in the hands of a female teen — I know I myself could have used a strong female influence from a book of real writers with lives similar and different from my own. They’d have spoken to me: “It’s okay if you’re going through this and it’s okay if you’re not—what matters is YOU being you, not being what everyone else wants.” I needed to hear that daily as a teen, even though in reality I did not.
I think this read will be powerful for young readers, but even as an adult I found it meaningful and inspiring.
Chari K, Librarian
Filled with multi-cultural stories from girls living in the United States, the stories all share common themes of teenage angst, family issues, fitting in/self-image and more. These teenage authors write with exquisite voice and prose in a relatable format for teen readers. I can't wait to recommend this book to my readers. #netgalley #girlswritenow
Nancy G, Librarian
I received an ARC of this collection from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Brutally honest essays from young females--a wide range of backgrounds and topics. I enjoyed the book, and feel that it will be a good classroom tool for teachers to inspire honesty and creativity in young writers.
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