Black is the body : stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time, and mine
by Bernard, Emily, 1967- (Author)
Summary
A collection of personal essays explores the complexities and paradoxes of growing up black in the South with a white surname as well as the author's experiences with interracial marriage, international adoption, and teaching at a Northern white college. -- Full description
- Going home
- Scar tissue
- Teaching the N word
- Interstates
- Mother on Earth
- Black is the body
- Skin
- White friend
- Her glory
- Motherland
- People like me
- Epilogue: my turn.