The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl self-esteem

self-esteem

Shots are fired

It’s his fourteenth birthday

he focused on only one thing from the moment the whistle blew: the goal

Through these and dozens of other unforgettable testimonies

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl self-esteemIn the best selling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, here is a collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool. "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?" Being an