Angie Manfredi
Angie Manfredi is a librarian and writer who owns every season of Law and Order on DVD and sends over 150 handwritten Valentines every year. She has spent the last eleven years working directly with children and teens of all ages in a public library and now works in a library consulting on all things youth services. Fat and not sorry about it, she is a passionate advocate for literacy, diversity, and decolonizing the discourse surrounding children’s literature.
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The Other F Word
- By: Angie Manfredi
- Narrator: Marisa Blake
- Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 05, 2019
- Language: English
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Chubby. Curvy. Fluffy. Plus-size. Thick. Fat. The time has come for fat people to tell their own stories. The (Other) F Word combines the voices of Renee Watson, Julie Murphy, Jes Baker, Samantha Irby, Bruce Sturgell, and more in a relatable and... Read more
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