I'm down : a memoir
(Book, LENDABLE KIT)
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New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2010, c2009.
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2010, c2009.
Format
Book, LENDABLE KIT
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Physical Desc
x, 273, [4] pages ; ill., ports. 21 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York: St. Martin's, 2009.
General Note
Author Q&A and Reading group guide ([4] p.) included.
Description
Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esque sweater, gold chains and a Kangol--telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried," writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter down. Unfortunately, Mishna didn't quite fit in with the neighborhood kids: she couldn't dance, she couldn't sing, she couldn't double dutch, and she was the worst player on her all-black basketball team. She was shy, uncool, and painfully white. And yet when she was suddenly sent to a rich white school, she found she was too "black" to fit in with her white classmates. I'm Down is a hip, hysterical, and at the same time beautiful memoir that will have you howling with laughter, recommending it to friends and questioning what it means to be black and white in America.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wolff, M. (20102009). I'm down: a memoir (1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.). St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolff, Mishna. 20102009. I'm Down: A Memoir. St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolff, Mishna. I'm Down: A Memoir St. Martin's Griffin, 20102009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wolff, Mishna. I'm Down: A Memoir 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed., St. Martin's Griffin, 20102009.
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