The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl (book)

{{Short description|2015 book by Issa Rae}}

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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a 2015 memoir written by Issa Rae.{{Cite magazine|last=Brown|first=Stacia L.|date=2015-02-10|title=Meet the Black _________|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/121020/issa-raes-misadventures-awkward-black-girl-reveals-real-rae|access-date=2021-07-02|issn=0028-6583}}{{Cite news|last=Wortham|first=Jenna|date=2015-08-04|title=The Misadventures of Issa Rae|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/magazine/the-misadventures-of-issa-rae.html|access-date=2021-07-02|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|date=2015-04-11|title=That's So Awkward: Issa Rae and the Revitalization of Black Women in Television|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/thats-awkward-issa-rae-revitalization-black-women-television/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Los Angeles Review of Books|language=en-US}} In the book, Rae chronicles her life through a series of humorous autobiographical essays and stories.{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Arienne|title=Issa Rae's 'Misadventures' awkward but charming|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/02/10/the-misadventures-of-awkward-black-girl/22412167/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-10-06|title='Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl': A Hilarious Memoir of an Awkward Life|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/misadventures-of-awkward_b_12376168|access-date=2021-07-02|website=HuffPost|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|date=2015-02-05|title=Q&A: 'Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl' puts Issa Rae in a cool position|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-issa-rae-20150208-story.html|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} The book's title is taken from Rae's popular web series of the same name, often simply referred to as Awkward Black Girl (2013–2015).{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=D'Shonda|title=Exclusive: How Issa Rae's 'The Mis-Adventures Of Awkward Black Girl' Set The Tone For Black Creators 10 Years Later|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestheculture/2021/02/03/exclusive-how-issa-raes-the-mis-adventures-of-awkward-black-girl-set-the-tone-for-black-creators-10-years-later/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Forbes|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Issa Rae: "I want to talk about my blackness on my own terms"|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/q-schedule-for-monday-march-16-2015-1.2996501/issa-rae-i-want-to-talk-about-my-blackness-on-my-own-terms-1.2996533|website=CBC Radio}} Upon release, the book became a New York Times best-seller.{{Cite news|title='Insecure' at last: With a television pilot and memoir, 'Awkward Black Girl' Issa Rae finds new success|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/26/insecure-at-last-awkward-black-girl-issa-rae-has-found-success/|newspaper=Washington Post}}