The TBBEB Impact

Sometimes, even as a white girl, I feel like my adopted Midwestern city is too white, too conservative, too entrenched and that if I truly want to chase my happiness I need to move to a large, diverse city - back to LA or out to NYC. Then, I stumble across something like The Black Book Exchange Box and it helps. It not only reminds me that my city is more diverse and more liberal than it frequently feels, but that I alone am responsible for my engagement. Because these people have been here offering up fiction and nonfiction alike by authors of color and I had failed to notice. I took “My Sister, The Serial Killer” last night, read it at work between calls, and returned it again this morning. Next time, I’m going to pick up something nonfiction. (I’m hoping a copy of Stamped from the Beginning turns up).” ~Isabella J.