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Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American?s search for home and belonging on her own terms.

In The Gloomy Girl Variety Show, Freda Epum explores theopposing forces of her ?no-place, no-where? identity as aNigerian American daughter, diasporically displaced, who spentyears in and out of institutions seeking treatment for life-threateningmental illness. Epum examines her journey through healthcare andhousing systems via a pop cultural lens?our collective obsessionwith HGTV?s home buying and makeover shows?and a patchworkof poetry, art, and autotheory.

With raw honesty and glittering wit, this debut memoir maps thecomplexity of life under intersecting forms of oppression, revealingwhat it takes to turn from the brink of despair toward communityand self-acceptance, find refuge in love, and reimagine home.

The Gloomy Girl Variety Show

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      Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
      Publication Date: 1/27/2025
      ISBN13: 9781558613102, 978-1558613102
      ISBN10: 1558613102
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American?s search for home and belonging on her own terms.

      In The Gloomy Girl Variety Show, Freda Epum explores theopposing forces of her ?no-place, no-where? identity as aNigerian American daughter, diasporically displaced, who spentyears in and out of institutions seeking treatment for life-threateningmental illness. Epum examines her journey through healthcare andhousing systems via a pop cultural lens?our collective obsessionwith HGTV?s home buying and makeover shows?and a patchworkof poetry, art, and autotheory.

      With raw honesty and glittering wit, this debut memoir maps thecomplexity of life under intersecting forms of oppression, revealingwhat it takes to turn from the brink of despair toward communityand self-acceptance, find refuge in love, and reimagine home.

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