BOOKS
on the subject of mixed race experience- a side interest of mine-

'A Million Nightingales,' by Susan Straight - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times: "'A Million Nightingales' joins a growing literature on the mixed-race experience in America, from Danzy Senna's picaresque 'Caucasia' to Zadie Smith's 'On Beauty.' Straight has given this body of work a historical foundation, a point of reference in the past. But her novel is, besides, a powerful and moving story, written in language so beautiful you can almost believe the words themselves are capable of salving history's wounds. "