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Sintara Golden: But the feeling I couldn't shake was that no matter how good the books were, most every submission was from some white dude in New York going through a divorce. And too few of them were about my people. So I think... where are our stories? Where's our representation? And it was from that lack that my book was born.
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Sintara's Moderator: Would you give us the pleasure of reading an excerpt?
Sintara Golden: "Yo Shoronda! Where you be goin' in a hurry like dat?," Donna axed me when she seed me comin' out da house. "Ain' none yuh business, but if'n ya gots ta know, I'ze goin' to the pharmacy." I looks back at da do' to see if Mama comin' out. "The pharmacy? What fo?" she axe. "You know, " I says. "Naw," she say. "Hell naw! Girl, you be pregnant again?" "Might's be," I tells her. An' if I is, Ray-Ray's gonna be a real father, this time aroun'."
[crowd applause]
[crowd applause]
Sintara's Moderator: Would you give us the pleasure of reading an excerpt?
Sintara Golden: "Yo Shoronda! Where you be goin' in a hurry like dat?," Donna axed me when she seed me comin' out da house. "Ain' none yuh business, but if'n ya gots ta know, I'ze goin' to the pharmacy." I looks back at da do' to see if Mama comin' out. "The pharmacy? What fo?" she axe. "You know, " I says. "Naw," she say. "Hell naw! Girl, you be pregnant again?" "Might's be," I tells her. An' if I is, Ray-Ray's gonna be a real father, this time aroun'."
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But the feeling I couldn't shake was that
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no matter how good the books were
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most every submission was from some white dude from New York
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going through a divorce
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and too few of them were about my people
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And so I think
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Where are our stories
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You know Where's our representation
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And it was from that lack
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that my book was born
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Would you give us the pleasure of reading an excerpt
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Thank you
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'Yo Cheranda
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where you be goin' in a hurry likes that '
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Donna aks me when she see me comin' out the house
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'Ain't none ya business
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but if'n you gots to know I's goin' to the pharmacy '
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I looks back at the door to see if Mama comin' out
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'The pharmacy What for ' she aks
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'You know' I says
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'Nah' she say
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'Hell nah Girl you be pregnant again '
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'Might's be' I tells her
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'And if I is
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Ray Ray's gonna be a real father this time around '
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Movie Summary
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
