Brit Bennett
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Born
The United States
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Member Since
August 2010
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The Vanishing Half
56 editions
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2020
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The Mothers
42 editions
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2016
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Butterball
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2014
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Je ne sais pas quoi faire des gentils blancs
2 editions
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2015
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The Vanishing Half & The Mothers By Brit Bennett 2 Books Collection Set
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The Vanishing Half
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2020
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Nadia: Excerpted from The Mothers
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Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
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2020
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Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
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10 editions
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2018
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Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them
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2020
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“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”
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“She hadn't realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
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“People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else.”
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