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Karah Khalia

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in Los Angeles, California, The United States

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I am a black American woman who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. My mother and her sister raised me. I endeavor for a multihyphenate career in the arts. I wrote The Canary Journal: a novel with the goal of empowering myself. A woman builds a nation. When other women see one woman living in strength, they absorb that empowerment. My heart is found in books, my treasure is stored there also. If life imitates art, my life has bonds of art and love. Once I suffered loneliness that refused to yield, I learned to sustain peace and joy within myself. I started wanting abundance for others in the same capacity I want for myself. More women will have to use creativity to keep themselves solvent, particularly since the pandemic. We are ...more

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The Canary Journal: a novel

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American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears

by Farah Stockman

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Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home

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The Bridge Ladies

by Betsy Lerner

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