Why Didn't You Tell Me?: A Memoir Lifestyle ” Whether it’s the fireflies

” Whether it’s the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection)

until she can rise through the ranks

Jordan has thus far been able to balance her dueling motivations: breaking every big story—and giving voice to the voiceless

from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day

The Black Friend calls up race-related anecdotes from the author’s past

Why Didn't You Tell Me?: A Memoir Lifestyle ” Whether it’s the firefliesAn immigrant mothers long held secrets upend her daughters understanding of her family, her identity, and her place in the world in this powerful and dramatic memoirCarmen Rita Wong has always craved a sense of belonging: First as a toddler in a warm room full of Black and brown Latina women, like her mother, Lupe, cheering her dancing during her childhood in Harlem. And in Chinatown, where her immigrant father, Papi Wong, a hustler, would show her