Stephanie Y. Evans is Professor of Black Women's Studies in the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University. Her many books include Black Women's Yoga History: Memoirs of Inner Peace; Black Women and Social Justice Education: Legacies and Lessons (coedited with Andrea D. Domingue and Tania D. Mitchell); and Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability (coedited with Kanika Bell and Nsenga K. Burton), all published by SUNY Press.

• Abbreviations of Books by the AuthorPreface: Time to Think1. Introduction: Academic Stress2. Regenerative Writing: Learn, Create, and Teach the Practice of Collective Self-Care3. Voice: Personal Practice4. Argument: Professional Practice5. Editing: Publishing Practice6. Community: Public Practice7. Institution: Political Practice8. Conclusion: Academic WellnessCoda: Feeling GoodAcknowledgmentsAppendix A: List of Reflection QuestionsAppendix B: List of Practical TasksAppendix C: PlaylistsNotesSelect BibliographyIndexAuthor Bio

"Drawing from her expertise in Black women's intellectual history and her extensive experience as a faculty member and administrator, Dr. Evans provides both practical publishing guidance and a deep meditation on writing as your path to intellectual freedom … If you're seeking to align your writing process with your politics and values, this book offers both tactical strategies and a liberatory perspective on academic authorship. While especially valuable if you work in Black women's studies, its insights about purposeful writing and community-oriented scholarship will resonate across disciplines." — University Affairs"Black Feminist Writing places a wise guide beside you at your desk. Evans offers straightforward advice and details the often-hidden processes of academic publishing. But she also makes clear that this advice is not one-size-fits-all. Each writer must discover their own writing practice, and she reminds writers to read several other writing guides as well." — The Editors’ Weekly"Highly productive, collaborative, wise … Professor Evans has penned a loving text, Black Feminist Writing, that stands alone conceptually as a guide to academic book publishing. Genre-defying, this guide for navigating the academy and remaining well, committed, and joyful is the most effective 'how-to' text for emerging and seasoned scholars as they struggle to stay afloat in challenging and often oppressive spaces. This 'self-help' text is theoretically sound and makes an important contribution to race and gender studies. Painstakingly candid, it also makes visible a clear path for a scholarly life that heals and inspires." — Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Comparative Women's Studies at Spelman College"A new and needed take on the academic publishing guide, Black Feminist Writing presents a unique combination of personal life writing, intellectual history, and practical advice for emerging scholars. Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans generously offers a model for aspiring book authors by sharing her own journey to building a prolific yet sustainable and life-affirming writing and publishing practice firmly rooted in community. Writers, mentors, and publishing professionals in academia and beyond will welcome this humane and honest book." — Laura Portwood-Stacer, developmental editor and author of The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors