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Ajuan Mance

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in Daytona Beach, FL, The United States

September 19

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Art, Comics, Nonfiction

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March 2019

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Ajuan Mance is a professor of English and Ethnic Studies at Mills College at Northeastern University. A lifelong artist and writer, Ajuan holds a B.A. in English from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 1,018 ratings · 244 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition by Maia Kobabe (Goodreads Author), Hal Schrieve (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dr Sandra Cox (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 79,739 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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
	What Do Brothas Do All Day? 4.21 avg rating — 95 ratings — 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
	Gender Studies: True Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw 4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings — 2 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
	Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance 4.51 avg rating — 35 ratings — 2 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
	Trans-Affirming Magical Care by Ajuan Mance (Goodreads Author), Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett 4.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020	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
	Inventing Black Women: African American Women Poets and Self-Representation, 1877-2000 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 2 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
	Before Harlem: An Anthology of African American Literature from the Long Nineteenth Century 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016	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
	1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	It was 1972 and Tiffany Banks Was Totally Winning at Gender it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	Requiem for a Hot Comb really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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