Ibi Zoboi

Writer

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Ibi Zoboi is a writer.

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Profession: Writer

About Ibi Zoboi

Haitian-American author of young adult fiction... | Ibi Aanu Zoboi is a Haitian-American author of young adult fiction. She is best known for her young adult novel American Street, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young Adults' Literature in 2017.

Quotes by Ibi Zoboi

“We have to become everything that we want. Consume it. Like our lwas.”

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“Don't give me no 'but you're beautiful on the inside' bullshit." "No, you are beautiful on the outside," I say. "Don't give…

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Beauty

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“Even as you kept telling me that I'm becoming a woman, you never let me go out into the world to be…

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Becoming a woman

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“We fold our immigrant selves into this veneer of what we think is African American girlhood. The result is more jagged than…

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African american

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