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Self-Portrait in Black and White

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A Time "Must-Read" Book of 2019

"[Williams] is so honest and fresh in his observations, so skillful at blending his own story with larger principles, that it is hard not to admire him." —Andrew Solomon, New York Times Book Review (front page)

The son of a "black" father and a "white" mother, Thomas Chatterton Williams found himself questioning long-held convictions about race upon the birth of his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter—and came to realize that these categories cannot adequately capture either of them, or anyone else. In telling the story of his family's multigenerational transformation from what is called black to what is assumed to be white, he reckons with the way we choose to see and define ourselves. Self-Portrait in Black and White is a beautifully written, urgent work for our time.


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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 15, 2019

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  • ISBN: 9780393608878
  • Release date: October 15, 2019

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780393608878
  • File size: 1215 KB
  • Release date: October 15, 2019

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A Time "Must-Read" Book of 2019

"[Williams] is so honest and fresh in his observations, so skillful at blending his own story with larger principles, that it is hard not to admire him." —Andrew Solomon, New York Times Book Review (front page)

The son of a "black" father and a "white" mother, Thomas Chatterton Williams found himself questioning long-held convictions about race upon the birth of his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter—and came to realize that these categories cannot adequately capture either of them, or anyone else. In telling the story of his family's multigenerational transformation from what is called black to what is assumed to be white, he reckons with the way we choose to see and define ourselves. Self-Portrait in Black and White is a beautifully written, urgent work for our time.


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