CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Preface

AVA DUVERNAY

Introduction: Homegirls

VERONICA CHAMBERS

Michelle in High Cotton

BENILDE LITTLE

Crushing on Michelle: Or the Unapologetic Power of Blackness

DAMON YOUNG

The Composer and the Brain: A Conversation about Music, Marriage, Power, Creativity, Partnership … and the Obamas

ALICIA HALL MORAN AND JASON MORAN

Lady O and King Bey

BRITTNEY COOPER

We Go Way Back

YLONDA GAULT CAVINESS

Two Black First Ladies Walk into a Room

CHIRLANE MCCRAY

Becoming the Wife

CATHI HANAUER

On Being Flawlessly Imperfect

TIFFANY DUFU

She Slays: Michelle Obama & the Power of Dressing Like You Mean It

TANISHA C. FORD

Cooking with a Narrative

MARCUS SAMUELSSON

Michelle Obama: Representational Justice

SARAH LEWIS

The Freedom to Be Yourself

KAREN HILL ANTON

She Loves Herself When She Is Laughing: Michelle Obama, Taking Down a Stereotype and Co-Creating a Presidency

REBECCA CARROLL

The Best of Wives and Best of Women

PHILLIPA SOO

Making Space

ROXANE GAY

Contributor Biographies

Acknowledgments

Notes

Copyright