Thick: And Other Essays

2019 short list
Written By Michelle Samplin-Salgado

Tressie McMillan Cottom
The New Press

In eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.

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Michelle Samplin-Salgado
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