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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
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Fearless, funny, and ultimately tender, Evans's stories offer a bold new perspective on the experience of being young and African-American or mixed-race in modern-day America.
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This book is about:
- Self-realization in women,
- African American women,
- Fiction
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Watch: Danielle Evans' Short Story Reading At NPR
March 4, 2011 Danielle Evans, a young writer whose recent short story collection, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, made several "Best of 2010" lists, stopped by NPR for a reading in honor of Black History Month. In this video, she reads from her story, "Wherever You Go, There You Are."
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