When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.

I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.

Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

This is what I have come to know: Our past is never passed and there is no such thing as moving on. But there is this telling and there is such a thing as passing through.

I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.