Nonwhite and Woman 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World

Nonwhite and Woman celebrates how women of color live and thrive in the world, and how they make their lives their own. The anthology’s title is from Lucille Clifton's luminous poem, "won’t you celebrate with me," which serves as the anthology’s epigraph.

Carla Crujido is a hapa writer of Filipino, Norwegian, Mexican, and German descent. She is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. A short story writer and essayist, Carla is originally from San Francisco, but now calls Phoenix home. Find her at @carlacrujido. Darien Hsu Gee is a bestselling novelist with Penguin Random House and a recent Poetry Society Chapbook Fellow. Her novels have been published in 11 countries and her craft book, Writing the Hawai?i Memoir, won the Hawai?i Book Publishers’ Ka Palapala Po?okela award. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Darien's poetry and essays have been anthologized and appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, CALYX Journal, New Delta Review, and Poetry Northwest, among others. Darien lives with her family on the Big Island of Hawai?i and is second-generation Chinese American. Learn more at dariengee.com.