title: Off White: Readings on Race, Power, and Society
author: Michelle Fine
description: "<i>Off White</i> is a highly valuable contribution to the debate on the connections between 'race' and power. The breadth of the theories and methodologies represented, not to mention the numerous insights provided by the authors, many of whom are committed to anti-racist pedagogies, makes Off White an intellectually stimulating and personally challenging book." -- <i>Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies</i>
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  **WHITEGIRL**  
  Kate Manning
  
  
  
  
  
  “One of the many virtues of this remarkable novel is its effort to unravel the
  complicated relationship that many Americans have with female beauty.”  
  —Carolyn See, _The Washington Post_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “A literary and emotional tour de force that also manages to address a real
  issue: race in America.”  
  —Amy Wilentz, author of _Martyrs’ Crossing_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “[A] compelling debut … an engagingly provocative page-turner.”  
  — _Kirkus Reviews_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “[Manning] delicately handle[s] the intimacies of an interracial
  relationship.”  
  — _Entertainment Weekly_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Manning poses tantalizing questions about race, identity and beauty.”  
  — _The Arizona Republic_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “How marriage can become a casualty of fame and celebrity, to say nothing of
  racial tensions, is an explosive and timely topic, and Manning makes a
  riveting story out of it.”  
  — _Toronto Sun_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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