Like so many others of my generation, I spent my girlhood living in the shadow of Dr. King’s dream of integration.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed the year before my birth, so I only knew his legacy.
 
Few, if any, Americans had any idea what would happen when the segregationist barriers that had defined [...]

This morning, both The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times reviewed my first book, The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir. The New York Times review made the front page of the Weekend Arts section and featured both pictures of the book cover and me.  The Los Angeles Times article was similarly prominent [...]

The only think more remarkable than having the Los Angeles Times review my first book is having The New York Times write a review the same day!
This is amazing.  I’ll need time to digest the actual reviews, but I am grateful for the recognition of the book and my work.
Here’s the link to the New [...]

Growing up in greater Los Angeles, I read the Los Angeles Times whenever I could.  Long before I moved east, it was the paper of record.  So you can imagine my awe at having my first book reviewed in its pages.
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book9-2009jan09,0,2669736.story