“Memoir and personal narrative are demeaned or considered to be navel-gazing. I have a theory that, for people of color or others who have been cut out of the master narrative, just telling your personal survival tale, your story, is civic engagement. It is a kind of political performance and is real…”— Faith Adiele, therumpus.netTagged: Women Writers of Color, Women Of Color, Marginalized Writers, Memoir, Personal Narratives