Welcome to my blog, Light-Skinned-ed Girl, a mixed chick's mixed thoughts on a mixed-up world.
Since 2006, I've been writing about the vagaries of race, biracial identity, and the Mixed experience--essentially I write "On the Biracial Thing."
Some of my favorite (and controversial) posts on those subjects appear here:
- The Family Album is Mixed
- 1st Mixed Race People History Month Kick-off
- 2nd Annual Mixed Experience History Month Kick-off
- 3rd Annual Mixed Experience History Month Kick-off
- Mixed Experience History Month Re-Cap & a Pledge to Soldier On
- Did you know that these people were mixed? playwright August Wilson, artist Isamu Noguchi, writer Nella Larsen (black and Danish like me), activist Mildred Loving
- Are Those Your Eyes Part 5
- Are Those Your Eyes Part 7
I'm a writer who often blogs about the creative life: moments of inspiration and disappointment. In 2008, I won Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize for Literature of Social Change. My debut novel, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (Algonquin Books), will be published in February 2010! (You can pre-order it now.) The book, a coming-of-age story mixed with a mystery and a love story, was named one of the Top Ten Promising Debuts in Publishers Weekly in June. Follow my journey from unpublished to published writer as I chronicle each little step along the way.
- My First Book Appearance
- The Advanced Reading Copy of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky is Ready
- I Won the Bellwether Prize!
Sometimes I write about my travels. I am lucky to have experienced many adventures.
And sometimes I write about--well, anything that's on my mind. That was especially true in 2008 when I blogged every single day of the year from wherever I was in the world.
I hope you enjoy the read!
:) heidi
P.S. If you're looking for more cool stuff, check out my website where you can find more of my writing, or check out the weekly podcast I co-host called Mixed Chicks Chat and then read about the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, an annual free public event, I co-founded and co-produce!
