The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey

Derricotte, Toi

ISBN 10: 0393045447 / ISBN 13: 9780393045444

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1997

About this Item

205 p. These journals were kept by African-American poet Toi Derricotte, who can "pass" for white, when she lived in an affluent white suburb of New York with her much darker-skinned husband. Derricotte became deeply depressed by this experience, and wrote about it in order to survive it. Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ torn at bottom of front flap. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Seller Inventory # 60702

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The poet Toi Derricotte began this journal over 20 years ago when she, a light-skinned black woman, moved into an all white area near New York City. The author describes encounters with family, neighbours, friends and colleagues where she is forced to question what it means to be a black woman living in a racially divided world. It is also a book about uncovering the denied and shameful aspects of the self, and the author's journey towards self-acceptance.

About the Author:

Toi Derricotte is the author of four collections of poetry. She teaches at the University of Pittsburgh.