Podcast
On Being with Krista Tippett
Published in 2009, this book centers around themes of race, including Biss's experiences with her mixed-race cousin and her family's racially diverse background. The book prompted questions about her authority to speak on race, leading her to reflect on the racial complexities of American life.
That was actually 2009.
— Episode: [Unedited] Eula Biss with Krista Tippett
Episode: [Unedited] Eula Biss with Krista Tippett
Published in 2009, this book centers around themes of race, including Biss's experiences with her mixed-race cousin and her family's racially diverse background. The book prompted questions about her authority to speak on race, leading her to reflect on the racial complexities of American life.
That was actually 2009.
I feel like an unknown quantity, my cousin remarked at some point during the year that we lived together. This is your mixed race cousin. She was referring to the algebraic term, the unknown quantity x, which must be solved for or defined by the numbers in the equation around it.