Bibliograph

Everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed, Kim McLarin

Type

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Everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed, Kim McLarin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1401158418

Responsibility statement

Kim McLarin

Summary

With accumulated wisdom and sharp-eyed clarity, Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed addresses the joys and hardships of being an older Black woman in contemporary, "periracial" America. Award-winning author Kim McLarin utilizes deeply personal experiences to illuminate the pain and power of aging, Blackness and feminism, in the process capturing the endless cycle of progress and backlash that has long shaped race and gender

Table Of Contents

Part One: This stuff again -- One white violence, black survival and learning to shoot -- Traveling is not a luxury -- Run for your life -- On being anti-white...and other lies ; Patr Two: On being -- Everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed -- On kindness -- On innocence -- On throwing a party -- On learning to ride a motorcycle after fifty and other pursuits ; Part Three: Goodbye to all that -- Stella -- Gimme a head with hair -- A talk to students -- Periracial

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