It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom | Terry McMillan (Author) + Ishmael Reed (Introduction by) + Kristine Bell (Edited by) Liselle Sambury *A Southern Review of Books

*A Southern Review of Books Best Book of January*

needed support to raise her and her brothers

layered and moving

In Call Us What We Carry

always a little left of center

It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom | Terry McMillan (Author) + Ishmael Reed (Introduction by) + Kristine Bell (Edited by) Liselle Sambury *A Southern Review of BooksThis stunning collection from one of the great writers on Black culture covers the gamut: aging, love, poverty, trauma and plenty of lightness in between.People From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale comes a remarkable, career spanning collection of previously published short fiction and nonfiction pieces, as well as never before seen works. Before Terry McMillan found success as a