tagged six funny, awkward memoirs by funny, awkward women, including:The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, by Issa RaeRead about another entry on the list.
After producing an award-winning web series, but prior to launching her successful HBO show Insecure (now in its second season), Rae published a collection of clever and entertaining essays about her inability to act, feel, or be cool. This inability bothered her, because society told her coolness is supposedly intrinsic to black people. As a guide for fellow Awks, she covers race and relationships, her introverted style, her parents’ divorce, and how to deflect unsolicited questions and opinions.
--Marshal Zeringue
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