Terry McMillan Proves That ‘It’s Not All Downhill From Here’

Her latest novel is a testament to her commitment to Black women’s lives and to her individual craft

Ashley M. Coleman
ZORA
Published in
6 min readApr 1, 2020

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A portrait photo of Terry McMillan.
Photo: Matthew Jordan Smith

InIn 1995, my nine-year-old self watched as Whitney Houston, Lelah Rochon, Loretta Devine, and Angela Bassett took the screen in Waiting to Exhale, the eponymous adaptation of Terry McMillan’s 1992…

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Ashley M. Coleman
ZORA
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