Tamara Winfrey-Harris

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Tamara Winfrey-Harris
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Education Iowa State University, Greenlee School of Journalism
Notable workThe Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America
Website www.tamarawinfreyharris.com

Tamara Winfrey-Harris is an American author, columnist and speaker. [1] [2] Her writing topics include politics, pop culture, race, and gender.

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Early life and education

Winfrey-Harris is from Gary, Indiana. She received a BA from the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University. [3]

Career

Winfrey-Harris' first book, The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America was published in May 2015. The book won the Phyllis Wheatley Award, the IndieFab Award, and Independent Publishers' Living Now Award and IPPY Award. [3] Her next book, Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power, is planned to be released in March 2021. [4]

Winfrey-Harris has spoken on NPR's Weekend Edition [5] and Janet Mock's So Popular on MSNBC. [6] In 2018, she delivered the keynote address at the Arts Council of Indianapolis' Let's Eat Conference about the business of art. [7]

She is the Vice President of Community Leadership & Effective Philanthropy at the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF). [8]

In 2021, Winfrey-Harris appeared on Storybound (podcast), accompanied by an original Storybound remix with Au Revoir Simone. [9]

Works

Books

Bitch columns

Winfrey-Harris has written a series of columns in Bitch , especially including a series called Some of us are Brave. [3] [11]

Other Publications

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References

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  2. McDonald, Soraya Nadia (July 29, 2015). "A conversation with Tamara Winfrey Harris, author of 'The Sisters Are Alright'". The Washington Post . Retrieved July 23, 2018.
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  9. "Announcing Season 4 of the Storybound Podcast" . Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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  12. Winfrey Harris, Tami (April 18, 2012). "Singled Out". Ms. Magazine . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  13. Winfrey Harris, Tamara (September 5, 2013). "A Twerk Too Far". The American Prospect . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  14. Winfrey Harris, Tamara (June 16, 2015). "Opinion | Black Like Who? Rachel Dolezal's Harmful Masquerade". The New York Times . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  15. Winfrey Harris, Tamara (October 20, 2015). "A Woman's Worth: Bill Cosby and Beyond". Ebony . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  16. Winfrey Harris, Tamara (February 20, 2016). "What We Get Wrong About Black Women's Sexuality". Cosmopolitan . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  17. Winfrey Harris, Tamara (November 7, 2016). "The Ugliness of This Campaign Won't Go Away, No Matter What Happens Tomorrow". The Cut . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  18. Winfrey Harris, Tamara (January 17, 2017). "The Real Work of Being an Ally". The Cut . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  19. Winfrey-Harris, Tamara (June 16, 2018). "Opinion | Stop Pretending Black Midwesterners Don't Exist". The New York Times . Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  20. Winfrey-Harris, Tamara (June 14, 2020). "The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls". The Atlantic . Retrieved August 6, 2020.