Author Ben Philippe talks about his new book "Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes From the Other Side of the Fist Bump."

About the book:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a good white person of liberal leanings must be in want of a Black friend.
In the biting, hilarious vein of "What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker" and "We Are Never Meeting in Real Life" comes Ben Philippe’s candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend (see also: foreign kid, boyfriend, coworker, student, teacher, roommate, enemy) in predominantly white spaces. 

About Ben Philippe:
Ben Philippe is the author of the young adult novels "Field Guide to the North American Teenager", winner of the 2020 William C. Morris Award, and "Charming as a Verb". In 2021, Philippe published his first work of adult nonfiction, "Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend".

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Author Nefertiti Austin talks about her new book "Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America."

About the book:
Nefertiti Austin shares her story of starting a family through adoption as a single Black woman. In this unflinching account of her parenting journey, Nefertiti examines the history of adoption in the African-American community, faces off against stereotypes of single Black moms, and confronts the reality of what it looks like to raise children of color and answer their questions about racism in modern-day America.

About Nefertiti Austin:
Nefertiti's expertise stems from firsthand experience and degrees in U.S. History and African-American Studies. Nefertiti is a former Certified PS-MAPP Trainer, where she co-led classes for participants wanting to attain a license to foster and/or adopt children from foster care system. Her first two novels, Eternity and Abandon, helped usher in the Black Romance genre in the mid-1990s.

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