{"product_id":"black-single-mother-real-life-tales-of-longing-and-belonging","title":"Black. Single. Mother.: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews by a celebrated cultural critic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith her signature candid, humorous, and sometimes biting takes, Jamilah Lemieux suffers no fools while also courageously revealing the scars of her own parenting journey and search for self-acceptance in a world that hates “baby mamas.” With a particular verve and relatability—honed in her many years among Black Twitter’s most prominent voices—Lemieux centers the complex reality of Black single motherhood: uncertainty and fierceness alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack. Single. Mother.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecombines riveting personal essays, infused with whip-smart cultural and historical analysis, with twenty-one intimate first-person testimonies from a spectrum of Black single mothers. A long-overdue offering in celebration of the American matriarch most often maligned, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack. Single. Mother.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esets out to inspire a new cultural and community dialogue about this powerful figure as one profoundly deserving of love, support, and respect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJamilah Lemieux\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a cultural critic and writer with a focus on issues of race, gender, and sexuality. A leading feminist thinker, social influencer, and millennial media darling, Lemieux has written for a host of platforms, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nation, Essence, Playboy, The Cut, The Guardian, Colorlines, The Washington Post, Wired, Self, Refinery29,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She was prominently featured in Lifetime’s docuseries\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSurviving R. Kelly\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSurviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She also appeared in A\u0026amp;E’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSecrets of Playboy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Lemieux penned the forewords for the anniversary editions of Michele Wallace’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Ann Petry’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMiss Muriel and Other Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Currently, she writes a weekly advice column for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSlate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s “Care and Feeding” parenting section. 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