my bad attitude
I can remember just about every instance when someone (always white) told me that I…
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you MUST read this book!
I’ve been thinking about excellence lately…how to promote it, how it’s constructed. There’s an ongoing…
YAAM!
Did you know it’s Young Adult Appreciation Month over at The Book Smugglers? Today I’ll…
check the rhyme
Coming up on August 8th I’ll be a guest on poet/publisher DuEwa Frazier‘s web radio…
for our daughters
Yesterday I was interviewed for an upcoming film, For Our Daughters. When the producer, Eric…
The Bluest Eye
Let me start with a couple of confessions: The Bluest Eye is not my favorite…
lost in translation
Ok, I’ve finished reading Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit and strongly urge you to go…
heart sigh
As my taxi flew along the BQE late last night, I realized just how reassuring…
brilliant blogs
Many thanks to blogger Summer Edward for this thorough, thoughtful review of Wish—from a Caribbeanist’s…
lullaby
My good friend Kate is a transracial adoptee—she’s also a mother, lawyer, writer, and wife—but…