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Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America
March 10, 2005
Pooja Makhijani editor, writer
Patricia Goodwin writer
Judith Chalmer writer, poet
Lisa Drostova writer

Pooja Makhijani, Patricia Goodwin, Judith Chalmer, and Lisa Drostova read from Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America, an anthology of essays by women that explore through a child's lens the sometimes savage, sometimes innocent, and always complex ways in which race shapes American lives and families.

Culture & Identity | Literature & Philosophy
Activism | children's perspective | class struggle | Human Rights | innocent | Memoir | racism | self identity | young women | Family Issues | Drama | Indian | Non-Fiction | Writing Process | Race
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Image of Mama's Saris
Author: Pooja Makhijani
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages
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Publisher: Seal Press (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 302 pages
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Author: Judith Chalmer
Publisher: Time Being Books (1995)
Binding: Paperback, 100 pages
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