Unapologetic and resilient, these women challenge monolithic assumptions of black identity.A TSA agent who has never flown, a girl braving new worlds to play piano, a teacher caught up in a mayoral race. In this debut collection of stories, each of them navigate life's 'training school' - with its lessons on gentrification and respectability - while fighting to create a vibrant sense of self in this complicated love letter to Washington, DC.
About the book
Unapologetic and resilient, these women challenge monolithic assumptions of black identity.A TSA agent who has never flown, a girl braving new worlds to play piano, a teacher caught up in a mayoral race. In this debut collection of stories, each of them navigate life's 'training school' - with its lessons on gentrification and respectability - while fighting to create a vibrant sense of self in this complicated love letter to Washington, DC.