In Sink: A Memoir, JOSEPH EARL THOMAS revisits his volatile coming-of-age, laying bare his loneliness and illuminating the reprieve he found in geek culture. In The Girl in the Yellow Poncho: A Memoir, KRISTAL BRENT ZOOK – abandoned by her white father and raised by her African American mother and grandmother – shares a story of strong Black women and the generational cycles of oppression and survival that seemingly defined their lives.

Buy Sink: A Memoir. – Thomas

Buy The Girl in the Yellow Poncho: A Memoir. – Zook

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