Kim McLarin

Kim McLarin is an American novelist, best known for Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz, and Jump at the Sun.[1] Her works include contemporary novels, short stories and non-fiction.

Kim McLarin
Born1964 (age 55–56)
United States
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA
Alma materDuke University
Genrenon-fiction, contemporary, short stories
Notable worksGrowing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, Jump at the Sun
Notable awards2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Massachusetts Center for the Book, 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association
Years active1998-now
Children2
Website
www.kimmclarin.com

Career

McLarin has a bachelor's degree from Duke University.[2]

She is a former staff writer for The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Greensboro News & Record and Associated Press. She is an associate professor at Emerson College in Boston.[3]

McLarin is a regular panelist on Basic Black, Boston's longest-running weekly television program devoted exclusively to African-American themes, shown on WGBH.[4]

McLarin has two children and lives in Boston.[5]

Bibliography

Contemporary

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 (Thorndike Press, 2002)
  • Divorce Dog: Men, Motherhood, and Midlife (C&r Press, 2012)
  • Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life (Ig Publishing, 2019)

Awards

Won

Nominated

References
  1. "Malcolm X's Daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, Writes Book, 'Growing Up X'". Jet. June 3, 2002. p. 12. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
    - Saad, Shirley (February 4, 2003). "Book of the Week: 'Growing Up X'". UPI. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
  2. "Kimberly Mclarin | Faculty". Emerson College. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. "Kimberly McLarin", Writing, Literature & Publishing Faculty, Emerson College.
    - Kim McLarin, "Race Wasn’t an Issue to Him, Which Was an Issue to Me", New York Times, September 3, 2006.
    - Kim McLarin, Biog note, Washington Post, April 24, 2010.
  4. Basic Black, WGBH.
  5. "An Interview with Kim McLarin". Literary Mama. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  6. "BCALA announces 2007 Literary Awards". American Library Association. March 1, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  7. "2007 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Winners". FictionDB. Retrieved April 12, 2019.


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