American Negra: A Memoir Binding:Hardcover Publisher: Razorbill

Publisher: Razorbill

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American Negra: A Memoir Binding:Hardcover Publisher: RazorbillAward winning journalist Natasha S. Alford grew up between two worlds as the daughter of an African American father and Puerto Rican mother. In American Negra, a narrative that is part memoir, part cultural analysis, Alford reflects on growing up in a working class family from the city of Syracuse, NY. In smart, vivid prose, Alford illustrates the complexity of being multiethnic in Upstate New York and society's flawed teachings about matters of