The meaning of Michelle: 16 writers on the iconic first lady and how her journey inspires our own [First Picador edition] 9781250114969, 9781250114976, 9781250160232, 1250160235

"Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she

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English Pages xvii, 220 pages ; 21 cm Year 2018

The meaning of Michelle: 16 writers on the iconic first lady and how her journey inspires our own [First Picador edition]
9781250114969, 9781250114976, 9781250160232, 1250160235

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Table of contents :
Preface / Ava Duvernay --
Introduction: Homegirls / Veronica Chambers --
Michelle in high cotton / Benilde Little --
Crushing on Michelle : or, The unapologetic power of Blackness / Damon Young --
The composer and the brain : a conversation about music, marriage, power, creativity, partnership ... and the Obamas / Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran --
Lady O and King Bey / Brittney Cooper --
We go way back / Ylonda Gault Caviness --
Two Black first ladies walk into a room / Chirlane McCray --
Becoming the wife / Cathi Hanauer --
On being flawlessly imperfect / Tiffany Dufu --
She slays : Michelle Obama & the power of dressing like you mean it / Tanisha C. Ford --
Cooking with a narrative / Marcus Samuelsson --
Michelle Obama : representational justice / Sarah Lewis --
The freedom to be yourself / Karen Hill Anton --
She loves herself when she is laughing : Michelle Obama, taking down a stereotype and co-creating a presidency / Rebecca Carroll --
The best of wives and best of women / Phillipa Soo --
Making space / Roxane Gay.

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