Kim McLarin (born 1964) is an

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novelist, best known for ''Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X,'' co-authored with

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, and ''Jump at the Sun''. Her works include contemporary novels, short stories and

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Career

McLarin has a bachelor's degree from

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. She is a former staff writer for ''

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''. She is an associate professor at

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in Boston. McLarin is a regular panelist on ''Basic Black'', Boston's longest-running weekly television program devoted exclusively to African-American themes, shown on

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. McLarin has two children and lives in Boston.

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 (

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, 2002) *''This Child Will Be Great'', co-authored with

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(Harper/HarperCollins, 2009) *''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)

Awards

Won * 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (for ''Jump at the Sun'') Nominated * 2007

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for fiction (for ''Jump at the Sun'')

References

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