The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey
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The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey, Toi Derricotte. I was privileged to have Toi as my undergraduate introductory poetry professor, and found her to be a strong articulate woman deeply interested in personal authenticity and experiential voice. The Black Notebooks reflects these interests, and is a beautifully written, and often sad, account of her own experiences as a light-skinned black woman - the temptation to "pass" and a look at racism from those within and without the African American community.Originally read August 2003