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Shay Youngblood

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born

Georgia, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.shayyoungblood.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Georgia born writer Shay Youngblood is author of the novels Black Girl in Paris and Soul Kiss (Riverhead Books) and a collection of short fiction, The Big Mama Stories (Firebrand Books). Her plays Amazing Grace, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery and Talking Bones, (Dramatic Publishing Company), have been widely produced. Her other plays include Black Power Barbie and Communism Killed My Dog. She completed a radio play, Explain Me the Blues for WBGO Public Radio's Jazz Play Series, featuring Odetta and the music of Olu Dara. The recipient of numerous grants and awards including a Pushcart Prize for fiction, a Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award, an Edward Albee honoree, several NAACP Theater Awards, an Astraea Writers' Award for fiction and a 2...more

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Books by Shay Youngblood

Average rating: 3.69 · 453 ratings · 55 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Black Girl in Paris 362 avg rating — 302 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Soul Kiss: A Novel 381 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Big Mama Stories 375 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery: A Play 433 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Talking bones: A play 500 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	My rating:
	Les Mots De L'âme 000 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Amazing Grace by Shay Youngblood, Daniel Fenton 000 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	A Journey to Hell and Back by Charlotte Russell Johnson, Shay Youngblood 450 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, Shay Youngblood 417 avg rating — 1723 ratings — published 1991 — 23 editions	My rating:

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“There was power in the pen, I knew this for certain...It was there all the time, just waiting for me.”
― Shay Youngblood

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