num_pages: 248
description: As unapologetic and resilient as the DC neighborhoods they live in these women challenge monolithic assumptions of black identity.A TSA agent who has never flown a girl braving new worlds to play piano a teacher caught up in a mayoral race. In this debut collection of stories each of them navigate lifes training schoolwith its lessons on gentrification and respectabilitywhile fighting to create a vibrant sense of self in this love letter to Washington DC.
language: English
title: Training School for Negro Girls
publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY