Asali Solomon, "Twelve Takes Thea"
Her parents want her to make friends with the other black girl in her class. (from Get Down)
It's been a few days since I read this, but I remember getting sucked right in by this delicate/occasionally quite indelicate story of a kid's understanding of race. An awesome, unique, awesome story. Philly author, too.
While I've got your ear, I'll direct your attention to a recent Book Quarterly I headed up for Philadelphia City Paper. I reviewed a few books readers of this site will recognize.
posted by Patrick Rapa @ 11:59 PM
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From Philly, but until last week she was living in my area, teaching at Washington & Lee University. I ran into her in a coffee shop recently and she told me she's moving to Connecticut where she's taken a teaching job at Trinity. I enjoyed the collection, too.
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