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Informationen zum Autor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, PhD is the author of The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora , winner of the Modern Language Association William Sanders Scarborough Prize, and the short-story collection, Blue Talk and Love , winner of the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Fiction from Lambda Literary. She is Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University. A native of Harlem, she currently lives in Washington, DC. Klappentext SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 'As big, beautiful and complicated as living itself' Jacqueline Woodson, author of Red at the Bone 'I ate this up in one greedy, joyous gulp . . . Hilariously funny and quietly devastating - a compelling narrative about what it means to define ourselves and make space for our bodies as women' Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Patsy 'There are three books on earth that I would give anything to be able to write and reread until the sun burns us up. Big Girl is one of those books' Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy 'A thrilling, big-hearted novel' Chigozie Obioma, author of An Orchestra of Minorities 'As quietly revolutionary as Gwendolyn Brooks' Maud Martha or Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John . Resetting the conversation about girlhood, desire, bodies and appetites, this book is a revelation' Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie Vorwort A brilliant debut from a hugely talented writer. Compelling and compassionate, Big Girl is an unforgettable portrait of a queer Black girl as she learns to take up space in the world. It's also a love letter to a community that is vanishing before the protagonist's eyes -Harlem in the 80s and 90s - its music, flavours and sounds. Zusammenfassung A brilliant debut from a hugely talented writer. Compelling and compassionate, Big Girl is an unforgettable portrait of a queer Black girl as she learns to take up space in the world. It's also a love letter to a community that is vanishing before the protagonist's eyes -Harlem in the 80s and 90s - its music, flavours and sounds....
