Kelly McWilliams
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Agnes at the End of the World
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2020
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Mirror Girls
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2022
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Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology
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2021
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Doormat
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2004
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Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay
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2023
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“Because every time I accept that I'm worth less - less than a man, or a white person, or a gosh-darn oil baron - it punches a hole in my spirit. Punch enough holes and your spirit breaks.”
― Mirror Girls
― Mirror Girls
“White power’s always smoke and mirrors, when you get down to it. Now, what’s the only thing stronger than white magic?” The answer bubbles up from somewhere deep inside me. “Our magic.”
― Mirror Girls
― Mirror Girls
“Blanche Heathwood’s head whips around, nostrils flaring. Monstrously tall, the ghost flies to the foot of the stairs. She snarls, meaning to scare me off, but I hold my ground. White power’s always smoke and mirrors, when you get down to it. Nana was talking about Blanche Heathwood’s ghost, but she could’ve been talking about segregation itself. Jim Crow’s just one evil magic trick, trying to convince colored folks that we’re worthless. All Eureka rests on the swampy foundation of one rotten lie. But I don’t believe it.”
― Mirror Girls
― Mirror Girls
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