Every Black Girl Dances
Candice Y. Johnson
- A
- searing
- exploration
- of
- femininity
- and
- womanhood,
- Every
- Black
- Girl
- Dances
- is
- for
- women
- of
- color
- who
- shrink
- to
- be
- heard
- and
- sacrifice
- to
- be
- seen.
- For
- fans
- of
- Jayne
- Allen’s
- Black
- Girls
- Must
- Die
- Exhausted
- and
- Candice
- Carty-Williams’
- Queenie.**“With
- characters
- that
- are
- not
- only
- relatable
- but
- memorable,
- and
- such
- descriptive
- prose
- you
- feel
- as
- if
- you’re
- right
- in
- the
- center
- of
- JC
- Burke’s
- story.
- ‘Every
- Black
- Girl
- Dances’
- is
- a
- novel
- that
- will
- stay
- with
- readers
- long
- after
- they’ve
- read
- the
- last
- page.
- This
- is
- a
- book
- that’s
- hard
- to
- put
- down.
- She’s
- got
- next!”
- –VICTORIA
- CHRISTOPHER
- MURRAY,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- First
- Ladies
- and
- The
- Personal
- LibrarianJC
- Burke
- catapulted
- straight
- from
- film
- school
- to
- Hollywood
- darling
- churning
- out
- “Black
- trauma”
- films
- that
- have
- made
- her
- a
- household
- name--but
- at
- what
- price?
- When
- she
- abandons
- the
- set
- of
- her
- latest
- production
- to
- flee
- to
- her
- hometown
- Parable,
- Texas,
- JC
- is
- forced
- to
- reconsider
- the
- career
- that
- made
- her
- a
- superstar,
- as
- well
- as
- reexamine
- her
- deteriorating
- relationship
- with
- her
- producing
- partner,
- Hudson
- Pyke.A
- romantic
- connection
- with
- high
- school
- Media
- Technology
- teacher
- Luke
- Favors
- (dubbed
- The
- Hottie
- Professor
- in
- a
- viral
- social
- media
- post)
- alleviates
- a
- bit
- of
- the
- sting
- from
- her
- disappointments,
- but
- is
- Luke
- enough
- to
- keep
- JC
- away
- from
- Hollywood
- forever,
- or
- will
- she
- return
- to
- the
- privilege
- she
- turned
- her
- back
- on?"Candice
- Johnson
- is
- one
- of
- the
- most
- prolific
- and
- thought-provoking
- writers
- I
- have
- encountered
- in
- a
- long
- time.
- Her
- book,
- 'Every
- Black
- Girl
- Dances,'
- captivated
- me
- from
- the
- moment
- I
- read
- the
- first
- sentence.
- She
- is
- a
- force
- to
- be
- reckoned
- with,
- and
- I
- am
- excited
- about
- her
- future!"
- –TRISHA
- MANN-GRANT,
- actress
- known
- for
- BET's
- The
- Family
- Business,
- and
- A
- Royal
- Christmas Surprise
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