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Kara Lee Corthron

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Kara Lee Corthron lives and writes in New York City. She’s written many plays that have been performed around the U.S. including AliceGraceAnon, Welcome to Fear City, Listen for the Light, and Holly Down in Heaven, which won her the Princess Grace Award (and a dance with Prince Albert II, of Monaco). The Truth of Right Now is her first novel and the winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award.

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	Daughters of Jubilation 4.15 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth of Right Now 3.40 avg rating — 519 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holly Down in Heaven 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fierce: Essays by and about Dauntless Women by Karyn Kloumann (Editor), Nancy Agabian (Goodreads Author), Betsy Andrews 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

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“I am angry. It is illegal for me to be angry. Remember: Don't get angry. It is illegal to be a black man and be angry. Right. Got it. I will remember this next time.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

tags: anger, black-lives-matter, black-man

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“Honesty isn't easy. Or comfortable.”
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“Knowledge is not always power.”
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