{"id":8453,"date":"2024-02-09T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/englishatnord\/?p=8453"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:45:32","slug":"affirmative-discomforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/englishatnord\/bookshelf\/affirmative-discomforts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Affirmative Discomforts of Black Female Authorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8453\" class=\"elementor elementor-8453\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ceb88e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ceb88e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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