Released April 2, 2024, Blackwildgirl: A Writer’s Journey to Take Back Her Superpower, by award-winning Black feminist scholar Dr. Menah AdelaEyaside Pratt, Ph.D., provides a captivating and enthralling roadmap for women striving to become empowered, fierce, fearless warriors committed to self-discovery and spiritual growth.
With an early review in Forbes and endorsements from Nikki Giovanni, Naomi Tutu, and Katrina M. Adams, MenahPratt’s Blackwildgirl is a candid, courageous, provocative memoir that effectively uses her journal entries, which began when she was only eight.
In her own words and on her own terms through 45 years of journals, poems, and letters to Love, Menah Pratt chronicles the transformative experiences that have shaped her. Blackwildgirl is a love letter to feminism and blackwildgirls across the diaspora. Pratt makes it clear that work that centers on Black women and Black womanhood is necessary when it comes to the exploration of race, gender, and spirituality.
Events
April 25, 2024 12:00-1:00 p.m CT Open to Public- book discussion on “…Cotton Picking from College Professor” 200 N Main St, Bloomington, IL
April 26, 2024 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT ISU Milner Library- invite only 201 N. School St. Normal, IL
April 26, 2024 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT Open to Public-book signing Young Main Lounge 104 E. University Ave Bloomington
