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"A new edition of Louise Meriwether's classic novel about a young Black girl's coming-of-age in Harlem in the 1930s, featuring new writing celebrating Meriwether's life and work. This edition contains the full text of the novel, as well as its foreword by James Baldwin and afterword by Nellie McKay,...

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Main Author:	Meriwether, Louise (Author)
Other Authors:	Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2025.
Edition:	55th Anniversary edition.
Subjects:	African American teenage girls > Fiction. Teenage girls > Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. Bildungsromans. Novels. Fiction. Romans. African American teenage girls. Teenage girls. United States. New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
Summary:	"A new edition of Louise Meriwether's classic novel about a young Black girl's coming-of-age in Harlem in the 1930s, featuring new writing celebrating Meriwether's life and work. This edition contains the full text of the novel, as well as its foreword by James Baldwin and afterword by Nellie McKay, now expanded to include reactions from newer generations of Black women writers like Bridgett M. Davis, Farah Griffin, and Deesha Philyaw, as well as two newly available interviews on Meriwether's legacy of writing, community, and activism"-- Provided by publisher.