Full of Myself:
Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self Possession
USA Today Bestseller and Amazon Editors Pick
As an antiracism educator and writer leading through America’s cycles of racial unrest, Austin Channing Brown reached a crossroads. “I love my work,” she writes, “and I am tired. We are tired. Tired of protesting. Tired of ‘saving democracy.’ Tired of educating and explaining.” She began to ask, “What do I deserve, not just as a citizen but as a human?”
Full of Myself answers that question. Weaving personal narrative with perceptive social commentary, Brown offers a look at the mechanisms that limit who Black women are allowed to be—at work, at home, in community—and the defining moments when she decided that self-possession is the justice work she had been made to undervalue.
For Black women seeking to understand the true roots of their burnout and anyone wondering what it means to live joyfully in a hostile world, Full of Myself is a breath of fresh air and an invitation to full humanity.
“I failed at being them. It was a failure I was proud of, because I did not fail at being me.”
-Austin Channing Brown, Full of Myself
Praise for Full of Myself
“Brown is in absolute control of her literary superpowers… Exquisite work.”
— Kiese Laymon“The book we need in this moment when each of us must fight to maintain our birthrights of freedom, peace and shared humanity.”
— Glennon Doyle “Authentic, vulnerable, heartbreaking, and inspiring… You need to read this book.”
— jenny lawson“This book is a love letter to women who are ready to reclaim the parts of themselves they’ve ignored, suppressed, or sacrificed.”
— Erika alexander“Brown is a singer of Black girls songs, a teller of Black girls tales. Here she emerges fully.”
— Dr Brittney Cooper“Brown is one of the most honest storytellers we have today.”
— Cole Arthur Riley 
To book Austin to speak to your organization about bursting out the tiny boxes society creates for all of us, contact her team today.
Make sure you check out the little green book that lit a spark: Austin’s first book, Im Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness.