Category: Autobiography

  • Me: A Book of Remembrance University Press of Mississippi 1997 (Originally published in 1915) 368 pages Cloth ISBN: 0878059911 (9780878059911) Paper ISBN: 087805992X (9780878059928) Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) Afterword by: Linda Trinh Moser, Professor of English Missouri State University A Chinese-Eurasian’s autobiographical novel tracing a woman’s dual quest for a writing career and romance Ironically, Winnifred…

  • The Last Plantation: Color, Conflict, and Identity: Reflections of a New World Black Houghton Mifflin 1997-02-10 307 pages Hardback ISBN-10: 0395771919; ISBN-13: 978-0395771914 Itabari Njeri In the 1980s, when most Americans considered “black” a racial reference, many multiracial people began to see themselves as part of a heterogeneous ethnic group linked by history, culture, and…

  • Chick Bloodaxe Books 2013-01-24 64 pages Paperback ISBN-10: 1852249609; ISBN-13: 978-1852249601 Hannah Lowe Hannah Lowe’s first book of poems takes you on a journey round her father, a Chinese-black Jamaican migrant who disappeared at night to play cards or dice in London’s old East End to support his family, an unstable and dangerous existence that…

  • Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond HarperCollins 2005 240 pages Trimsize: 6 x 9 Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780060761424; ISBN10: 0060761423 Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem Breaking nearly eight decades of silence, Essie Mae Washington-Williams comes forward with a story of unique historical magnitude and incredible human drama. Her father, the…

  • “War Baby/Love Child” examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art.

  • A Lot Like You: A Film by Eliaichi Kimaro USA/Tanzania 2012 55 minutes/82 minutes Eliachi Kimaro, Director (2012) WINNER, Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary: 35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival (New York) (2012) WINNER, Best Documentary: Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto) (2012) WINNER, Jury Prize for Best Documentary: 30th Annual San Francisco International…

  • Betwixt and Between: Embracing the Borderlands of My Mixed Heritage Discover Nikkei 2013-01-23 Mari L’Esperance For weeks I resisted beginning work on this essay. Then, synchronistically, I encountered two pieces at Discover Nikkei that helped me get started. The first was Nancy Matsumoto’s excellent review (December 26, 2012) of Nikkei/Hapa psychologist Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu’s latest book…

  • “Am I Black? Hell Yeah!” (1)ne Drop Project Journal 2013-01-16 Billy Calloway “You make sure to keep a bonnet on that boy’s head. We don’t need to tip off the sales agent that a Black family is moving in.” This was the first story I remember being told to me by my dad. My father…

  • I’m Not Black, I’m Hispanic! Born Bicultural USA 2009-12-29 Alberto Padron The first time I heard that statement coming out of a family member’s mouth, I was confused. In my mind, a violation of logic had occurred. After all, the person making this statement was blacker than the black hair on their head. I mean,…

  • A decade in the making, Emily Raboteau’s “Searching for Zion” takes readers around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call “home” and an investigation into a people’s search for the Promised Land, this landmark work of creative nonfiction is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and…