Out in September in the UK and the US, the creator of I May Destroy You is set to write ‘a rousing and bold case against fitting in’
I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum creator and actor Michaela Coel is writing her first book, titled Misfits: A Personal Manifesto.
To be published in the UK and US in September, the book will draw on topics covered in Coel’s MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Festival in 2018. In her speech, which drew audible gasps from the audience, Coel spoke about the barriers and racism she had experienced as a young black woman working in the television industry, as well as her own sexual assault.
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