The Black Notebooks An Interior Journey Author:Toi Derricotte The Black Notebooks is one of the most extraordinary and courageous accounts of race in this country, seen through the eyes of a light-skinned black woman and a respected American poet. It challenges all our preconceived notions of what it means to be black or white, and what it means to be human. — The Black Notebooks was the recipient of the An... more »isfield-Wolfe Award and the 1998 Caucus of the American Library Association Award and chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.« less
Courageous story by an American poet on what it's like to be light-skinned black woman. Challenges our preconceived ideas of being black or white and human in America today.