''White Girls'' is a nonfiction book by Hilton Als, published November 5, 2013 by

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Overview

Combining elements of memoir, criticism, fiction and non-fiction, the book's essays create a portrait of "white girls", a category in which Als includes everyone from

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to Flannery O’Connor and even

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. The book explores themes of identity, otherness, commonality, and interpersonal relationships as a kind of "twinship".

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{{Lambda Literary Awards 2013 non-fiction books English-language books American memoirs Works about White Americans Books about race and ethnicity McSweeney's books