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Ajuan Maria Mance

Author of Inventing Black Women: African American Women Poets and Self-Representation, 1877-2000

11+ Works 43 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Ajuan Maria Mance is an associate professor of English at Mills College and the Robert and Ann Wert Professor of American Literature. Her articles and reviews have appeared in such publications as (Re) Covering the Black Female Body, Journal of African American Studies, and Callaloo.

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Works by Ajuan Maria Mance

Inventing Black Women: African American Women Poets and Self-Representation, 1877-2000 (2007) 13 copies

Before Harlem: An Anthology of African American Literature from the Long Nineteenth Century (2016) — Editor — 9 copies

What Do Brothas Do All Day? (2023) 8 copies

Gender Studies (2023) 4 copies

Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance (2022) 3 copies

Requiem for a Hot Comb (Gender Studies) 1 copy

Tiffany Banks (Gender Studies) 1 copy

A Blues for Black Santa 1 copy

The Last Ballad of Rubin Stacy 1 copy

Child's Play (Gender Studies) 1 copy

1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections (2022) 1 copy

Associated Works

Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival (2019) — Contributor — 53 copies

We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology (2018) — Contributor — 49 copies

Menopause: A Comic Treatment (2020) — Contributor — 36 copies

Alphabet : the LGBTQAIU creators from Prism Comics (2016) — Contributor — 13 copies

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Common Knowledge

Gender: female
Education: Brown University (BA)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MA) (PhD)
Occupations: Professor of African American literature
artist
writer

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What Do Brothas Do All Day? by Ajuan Mance

Fantastic updating and modernization of beloved Richard Scarry's Busytown. Gorgeous art and uplifting, realistic messages. Suitable for every child!

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froxgirl | Jan 23, 2024 |

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What Do Brothas Do All Day? (Picture Books – 2024)

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What Do Brothas Do All Day? (Picture Books – 2023)

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Works: 11
Also by: 4
Members: 43
Popularity: #352,016
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 10

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