Z.Z. Packer

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January 12, 1973 in The United States

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Literature & Fiction

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ZZ Packer (born January 12, 1973) is an African-American author, notable for her works of short fiction. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky. Her given name is Zuwena (Swahili for "good"), but "After a while of teachers mispronouncing my name and everyone else in the world, I began introducing myself as ZZ, and it just kind of stuck" Recognized as a talented writer at an early age, her first significant publication was in Seventeen magazine at the age of 19. She is a 1990 graduate of Seneca High School, in Louisville, KY.

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Books by Z.Z. Packer

Average rating: 3.69 · 2,058 ratings · 266 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Drinking Coffee Elsewhere 3.70 avg rating — 1,996 ratings — published 2003 — 26 editions	My rating:
	New Stories from the South 2008 3.50 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	La Vie Ailleurs: Nouvelles by Z.Z. Packer, Hélène Collon (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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“No," I said, and suddenly knew there was something mean in the world I could not stop.”
― Z.Z. Packer

tags: human-condition

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“She did not want to say it, because it made no practical sense, but in the end she went to Japan for the delicate sake cups, resting in her hand like a blossom; she went to Japan for loveliness.”
― Z.Z. Packer, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

tags: beauty , travel

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