Light-skinned-ed Girl talks to me

September 3, 2008 in Life is a Verb

I love this woman’s writing and so am very pleased that Light-skinned-ed Girl is the first stop on the Life is a Verb Blog Tour! Heidi crafted an interview with me to celebrate the book, and you’ll see the results here. My thanks, Heidi!

Her book, Light-skinned-ed Girl, will be published Fall 2009 by the fabulous NC-based publisher, Algonquin Books. Chosen as the 2008 Winner of Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize for Literature of Social Change, the book is the story of a young girl’s coming-of-age complicated by society’s ideas of race, class and beauty.

You will hear much more from this writer. Go, enjoy her interview with me–and the rest of her blog!

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.