It took about three years to write the personal essays in “She Memes Well,” which document her journey into an industry that could be welcoming one minute and alienating the next, especially for Black women. But like most stars, she could never have predicted how. “I’d create my own scene, my own culture, right there in the middle of Hollywood!” she writes.īrunson essentially did.
It wasn’t just auditioning opportunities. In her debut memoir, “ She Memes Well,” Brunson describes what she found in her adopted city that wasn’t available in her hometown of West Philadelphia. Some may know her from her prolific BuzzFeed video sketches, others from recurring roles on “ A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Most people who know Quinta Brunson, however, think of her as a meme.īefore she was navigating any of those roles, Brunson, 31, was just another aspiring performer navigating her 20s in Los Angeles. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.
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