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Mishna Wolff is an American writer and humorist. Her 2009 memoir I'm Down focused on childhood and race.
Mishna Wolff started as a comedian and live storyteller. Her bestselling, critically-acclaimed memoir I’m Down is taught at high schools and colleges throughout America and sold at the Northwest African-American Museum and the Nobel Peace Museum in Oslo, Norway.
I'm Down is a memoir by the American author Mishna Wolff, originally published by St. Martin's Press in 2009. In the book, she relates her experience of being white while growing up in a predominantly African-American neighborhood and having a different financial situation and culture than the other white children at her gifted ...
May 26, 2009 · Mishna Wolff's harrowing childhood was defined by her struggle to fit in--first, as the lone white kid in her predominantly African-American neighborhood and later, as the lone poor kid in the predominantly white, upper class school she tested into.
Jun 22, 2010 · Guest Host Tony Cox talks with Mishna Wolff about her memoir I'm Down. It's the story of her childhood in a poor, all black neighborhood in urban Seattle during the 1970s and early 1980s.
May 6, 2019 · mishna wolff. @MishnaW. Raised by wolves. Author, Screen and TV writer. I love stories, wolves, coffee and (sorry OG gamers) battle royales. Writer of #werewolveswithin. Los Angeles, CA mishnawolff.com Joined May 2019. 342 Following. 651 Followers. Tweets & replies. Media. Likes. mishna wolff. @MishnaW. ·. Jan 30.
Jun 8, 2010 · “Mishna Wolff was a white girl who grew up in a poor black neighborhood. This funny, engaging, and perceptive memoir tells the story of how she managed to negotiate these two very different worlds, and emerge with her sanity--and identity--intact.” ―Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and The Abstinence Teacher
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