"A collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and Black as cool ... [from] Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning ... series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"-- Provided by publisher.

A/S/L -- FAT -- ABG guide: public grazing -- Leading lady -- ABG guide: connecting with other blacks -- When you can't dance -- Hair hierarchy -- ABG guide: the hair advantage -- Public displays of affection -- African dad -- Dating lessons & summer lust -- ABG guide: black women & Asian men -- Musical ambitions & failures -- The struggle -- Halfrican -- Fashion deficient -- New York, NY -- ABG guide: when co-workers attack.