Kim McLarin
American writer (born 1964)
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Kim McLarin (born 1964) is an American novelist, best known for Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz, and Jump at the Sun.[1] Her works include contemporary novels, short stories and non-fiction.
Kim McLarin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) United States |
| Education | Duke University (BA) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Children | 2 |
| Writing career | |
| Language | English |
| Years active | 1998-now |
| Genres | non-fiction, contemporary, short stories |
| Notable work | Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, Jump at the Sun |
| Notable awards | 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Massachusetts Center for the Book, 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association |
| Website | www |
Career
McLarin has a bachelor's degree from Duke University.[2]
She is a former staff writer for The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Greensboro News & Record and Associated Press. She is an associate professor at Emerson College in Boston.[3]
McLarin is a regular panelist on Basic Black, Boston's longest-running weekly television program devoted exclusively to African-American themes, shown on WGBH.[4]
McLarin has two children and lives in Boston.[5]
Bibliography
Contemporary
- Meeting of the Waters (Harper Perennial, 2001)
- Jump at the Sun (William Morrow, 2006)
Short stories
- in Black Silk (A Collection Of African American Erotica) (2002)
Non-fiction
- Taming It Down (Warner Books, 1998)
- Growing up X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz (Thorndike Press, 2002)
- This Child Will Be Great, co-authored with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Harper/HarperCollins, 2009)[6]
- Divorce Dog: Men, Motherhood, and Midlife (C&r Press, 2012)
- Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life (Ig Publishing, 2019)
- James Baldwin's Another Country (Ig Publishing, 2021)[7]
Awards
Won
- 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (for Jump at the Sun)[8]
Nominated
- 2007 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (for Jump at the Sun)[9]
