Literacy Analysis of an American Literature Author: Phoebe Robinson

Literacy Analysis of an American Literature Author
Author’s Name:
Institution of Affiliation:
Course Name:
Instructor’s Name:
Date:
Literacy Analysis of an American Literature Author
Introduction
Even though I have read different works over the years, one of the most outstanding is “You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain.” by Phoebe Robinson. This reason has prompted me to research the author's biography and literary analysis of this novel to shed more light on this piece of work.
Biography
Phoebe Robinson is an African American woman aged 38, born on September 28, 1984, in Bedford, Ohio, United States. Phoebe came from an outstanding family. For instance, her father is Philip Robinson, a former small business owner; her mother, Octavia Robinson, is a former accountant. Robinson has only one brother, Phil Robinson, an American politician and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (Ndirangu, 2022). Robinson studied at Gilmour Academy until her graduation. She later joined the Pratt Institute and studied screenwriting (Mandi, 2020). This learning played a huge part in shaping her current career.
Robinson is multifaceted since she is known for being one of the best stand-up comedians, actresses, and writers in New York City and the United States. Most people know her for being a co-star and co-creator of the WNYC Studios podcast, famously known as the 2 Dope Queens. This podcast later became a four 1-hour, most critically-acclaimed HBO special.
Robinson is also known for making many television appearances. For instance, she appeared in Late Night and NBC's Last Comic Standing, where Seth Meyers hosted her. She also appeared in Comedy Central's Broad City and Last Call with Carson Daly. Moreover, different publications such as Essence, Vulture, Esquire, Flavorwire, SF Sketchfest, and Brooklyn Magazine have named her as the comedian to watch. She has also made outstanding achievements by making a film debut on Netflix. The debut was from the summer comedy known as Ibiza.
She was also a consultant in the production of Season Three of Broad City and a staff writer in MTV's Girl Code production. She has also regularly contributed to Glamour (Robinson, 2020). Besides, her works have been severally published in Vanity Fair, Bitch, New York Times. Moreover, her blog Blaria is outstanding and is evident by being included in the Huffington Post. She has also frequently performed a series of live versions in Blaria Live, which she did in both Brooklyn and Washington D.C. Robinson set up and starred in Woke Bae, a Refinery29 web series.
Robinson made a huge step by making a solo podcast, “Sooo Many White Guys." This podcast first premiered on July 12, 2016. She decided to make this podcast to react to white males' predominance in the comedy industry. This podcast comprised people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and women since they were the minority in the comedy industry. Ilana Glazer served as this podcast's executive producer (Neel, 2018). In addition to the podcast, Robinson also founded Tiny Reparations. This was a Production Company that was performing under ABC Studios. The first project she produced under the Tiny Reparations was a talk...