Olivia Hill

Gebundenes Buch

Travel North Black Girl

Beschreibung

Standing on the Cordova dock looking out at the ocean, I knew I was not in Kansas City anymore. As a black woman, I had rarely been past the invisible racial line of the Troost corridor in Kansas City. Going to a small, indigenous village in Alaska with my newly wedded Jewish husband was terrifying. Despite my fears, I decided to leave a past of abuse, racism, and poverty. But would my past make me stronger in this new land or silence me? Travel North Black Girl is an unlikely journey of finding one's power. It addresses the complexity of race, gender, generational trauma, and the powerful healing that the wilds of Alaska provide. Through humor, adventure, and painful reckoning, this memoir speaks to us all.

Autor

Olivia Hill is a published short-story author and playwright of over five plays that have been produced in multiple states. She is the recipient of the Lorraine Hansberry award for her play Mother Spense. As a visual artist, she has specialized in printmaking and watercolor, exhibiting in multiple galleries. Hill attended culinary school early in her educational career, later becoming an entrepreneur and starting Solomon's Rose, a gourmet food company and catering business. She ran her company for over thirteen years and sold products throughout the East Coast. Hill holds a Bachelors of Arts in Theater from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She resides back in her hometown, Kansas City, Missouri, where sh continues to be an activist on social issues that affect BIPOC creatives and love on her grandchildren.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Woodneath Press (Mid-Continent Pub. Library)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781942337263
• ISBN-10: 1942337264
• Artikelnr.: 64087321