ʃiː ɪz ðɪ ˈɔːθɚɹ ʌv tˈuː mˈɛmwɑːɹz ɛntˈaɪɾəld ðə wˈɜːld ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə mˌiː nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks ænd aɪm ˌɔn maɪ wˈeɪ, bˌʌt jʊɹ fˈʊt ɪz ˌɔn maɪ hˈɛd: ɐ blˈæk wˈʊmənz stˈoːɹi ʌv ɡˌɛɾɪŋ ˌoʊvɚ lˈaɪfz hˈɜːdəlz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən, æz wˈɛl æz sˈɛvɹəl nˈɑːvəlz.
She is the author of two memoirs entitled The World According to Me (1996) and I'm On My Way, But Your Foot Is On My Head: A Black Woman's Story of Getting Over Life's Hurdles (1997), as well as several novels.