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Naomi Extra

Naomi Extra
Naomi Extra is a freelance writer, poet, and doctoral student in American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark. She is also a Cave Canem graduate fellow. In both her creative and scholarly work she explores the themes of agency and pleasure in the lives of black women and girls. Her work has been published in The Feminist Wire, Bitch, Ms. Magazine Blog, Apogee Journal, The Paterson Literary Review, Weird Sister, and elsewhere. She is currently at work on a book length project based on her experience growing up as a black girl in upstate New York.


On Love Jones and Searching for Black Desire Onscreen

"Most of the images of teen romance I saw were of white kids"
October 3, 2016  By Naomi Extra
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