While there’s no shortage of funny stories about her Senegalese father and his kooky family, Rae writes with dry wit and surprising candor about their rocky relationship in her teen years. Her social reputation was on the line, and I couldn’t help but read this peeking through my fingers.Īt the heart of Rae’s memoir, however, is a story about her climb out of an unconventional family life: living between two homes, moving from the East Coast to the West Coast, and the secret that shattered her parents’ marriage. Most compelling-Rae dispels the rumor that every black girl can twerk with a painfully funny story involving Sean Paul’s dancehall hit “Gimme the Light,” eight days of self-taught movement akin to dancing, and a high school dance floor filled with onlooking peers. I laughed at Issa’s literal offbeat childhood, Amen-ed her scripted responses to unwarranted questions about natural hair, and connected with her “Halfrican” heritage. In THE MISADVENTURES OF AWKWARD BLACK GIRL, Rae jots down the most cringe-worthy anecdotes of her own awkward existence.
Her web series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” and hilarious resulting memoir provide an uncannily accurate and helpful guide for navigating the world as an awkward black girl. Enter Issa Rae, the queen of graceless girls like me. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a book no one-awkward or cool, black, white, or other-will want to miss.I’ve spent much of my twenties trying to come to terms with my awkwardness, cringing months-years, even-after any given social misstep. Now, in this New York Times bestselling debut collection written in her witty and self-deprecating voice, Rae covers everything from cyber sexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unsolicited comments on weight gain, from navigating the perils of eating out alone and public displays of affection to learning to accept yourself-natural hair and all. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, is that introvert-whether she's navigating love, the workplace, friendships, or "rapping"-it sure is entertaining.
Where do I start?īeing an introvert (as well as "funny") in a world that glorifies cool isn't easy. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae waxes humorously on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool.
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