Tell Me More's Summer Blend Book Club http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=138467811&ft=1&f=138467811 This summer, <em>Tell Me More</em> read stories and novels — by and about people — exploring what it means to be mixed race and multicultural. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Tell Me More's Summer Blend Book Club http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=138467811&ft=1&f=138467811 Walking Away From A Mixed Race Family? Fantine's light skin gets her mistaken for Algerian, Samoan and Hawaiian. It's her ticket to an independent jet-setting life. But when her godson gets in trouble, she's forced to go home. Host Michel Martin discusses <em>Take One Candle Light A Room</em> with author Susan Straight. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2011/08/25/139943192/walking-away-from-a-mixed-race-family?ft=1&f=138467811 http://www.npr.org/2011/08/25/139943192/walking-away-from-a-mixed-race-family?ft=1&f=138467811 Fantine's light skin gets her mistaken for Algerian, Samoan and Hawaiian. It's her ticket to an independent jet-setting life. But when her godson gets in trouble, she's forced to go home. Host Michel Martin discusses Take One Candle Light A Room with author Susan Straight.

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]]> Searching For Black Utopia ... In Antarctica Mat Johnson's <em>Pym</em> is a modern-day sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's only novel. Poe's characters discover an island populated only by blacks. Johnson's characters set off to the South Pole to find this island but uncover something entirely different. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2011/08/17/139706474/searching-for-black-utopia-in-antarctica?ft=1&f=138467811 http://www.npr.org/2011/08/17/139706474/searching-for-black-utopia-in-antarctica?ft=1&f=138467811 Mat Johnson's Pym is a modern-day sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's only novel. Poe's characters discover an island populated only by blacks. Johnson's characters set off to the South Pole to find this island but uncover something entirely different.

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]]> Multiracial Teens Launch A 'Latte Rebellion' "You're half Chinese and half European, I'm half Indian, a quarter Mexican and a quarter Irish. We're mixed up. We're not really one or the other ethnically. We're like human lattes." So explains Asha, the main character in Sarah Jamila Stevenson's debut novel,<em> The Latte Rebellion.</em> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2011/07/15/138161210/youth-experiences-blend-in-latte-rebellion?ft=1&f=138467811 http://www.npr.org/2011/07/15/138161210/youth-experiences-blend-in-latte-rebellion?ft=1&f=138467811 "You're half Chinese and half European, I'm half Indian, a quarter Mexican and a quarter Irish. We're mixed up. We're not really one or the other ethnically. We're like human lattes." So explains Asha, the main character in Sarah Jamila Stevenson's debut novel, The Latte Rebellion.

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]]> A Mixed Race Take On What It Means To Be 'Free' Danzy Senna's stories begin with the familiar, but quickly take subtle turns to reveal racial tensions lurking below the surface. As part of <em>Tell Me More</em>'s Summer Blend Book Club series, host Michel Martin speaks with author Danzy Senna about her new collection of short fiction, <em>You Are Free</em>. Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2011/06/24/137395343/biracial-author-offers-lighthearted-disturbing-stories?ft=1&f=138467811 http://www.npr.org/2011/06/24/137395343/biracial-author-offers-lighthearted-disturbing-stories?ft=1&f=138467811 Danzy Senna's stories begin with the familiar, but quickly take subtle turns to reveal racial tensions lurking below the surface. As part of Tell Me More's Summer Blend Book Club series, host Michel Martin speaks with author Danzy Senna about her new collection of short fiction, You Are Free.

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]]> Join TMM's Summer Blend Book Club This summer,<em> Tell Me More</em> read books exploring what it means to be multicultural and mixed race. Read along with us and join the conversation. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:38:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2011/07/27/137227685/join-tmms-summer-blend-book-club?ft=1&f=138467811 http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2011/07/27/137227685/join-tmms-summer-blend-book-club?ft=1&f=138467811 This summer, Tell Me More read books exploring what it means to be multicultural and mixed race. Read along with us and join the conversation.

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