Tamara Winfrey-Harris is an American author,

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and speaker. Her writing topics include

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, race, and

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Early life and education

Winfrey-Harris is from

Gary, Indiana Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America. Gary is located along the ...

. She received a BA from the Greenlee School of Journalism at

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

Career

Winfrey-Harris' first book, ''The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America'' was published in May 2015. The book won the Phyllis Wheatley Award, the IndieFab Award, and Independent Publishers' Living Now Award and IPPY Award. Her next book, ''Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power'', is planned to be released in March 2021. Winfrey-Harris has spoken on NPR's ''

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'' and Janet Mock's '' So Popular'' on

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. In 2018, she delivered the keynote address at the Arts Council of Indianapolis' Let's Eat Conference about the business of art. She is the Vice President of Community Leadership & Effective Philanthropy at the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF). In 2021, Winfrey-Harris appeared on

Storybound (podcast) ''Storybound'' is a podcast created, produced, and hosted by Jude Brewer, with original music composed for each episode. The show is a collaboration between ''Lit Hub'' and The Podglomerate podcast network, featuring household names and Pulitze ...

, accompanied by an original Storybound remix with Au Revoir Simone.

Works

Books

* ''The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America''. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. . May 22, 2015. * ''Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power''. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. To be published in March 2021.

''Bitch'' columns

Winfrey-Harris has written a series of columns in ''

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'', especially including a series called ''Some of us are Brave''.

Other Publications

*"Singled Out". ''

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'' April 18, 2012. *"A Twerk Too Far". ''

The American Prospect ''The American Prospect'' is a daily online and bimonthly print American political and public policy magazine dedicated to American modern liberalism and progressivism. Based in Washington, D.C., ''The American Prospect'' says it "is devoted to ...

''. September 5, 2013. * "Black Like Who? Rachel Dolezal's Harmful Masquerade". ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

''. June 16, 2015. *"A Woman's Worth: Bill Cosby and Beyond". '' Ebony''. October 20, 2015. *"What We Get Wrong About Black Women's Sexuality". ''

Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan may refer to: Food and drink * Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo" History * Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953 Hotels and resorts * Cosmopoli ...

''. February 20, 2016. *"The Ugliness of This Campaign Won't Go Away, No Matter What Happens Tomorrow". '' The Cut''. November 7, 2016. *"The Real Work of Being an Ally". '' The Cut''. January 17, 2017. *"Stop Pretending Black Midwesterners Don't Exist". ''

''. June 16, 2018. *"The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls". ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

''. June 14, 2020.

References

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