Read this as I was preparing to lead a multi-ethnic track at an ethnicity conference. The book is an anthology of bi/multi-ethnic authors writing fictional accounts that reflect the multi-ethnic experience. What I appreciated was the ability of fiction to highlight certain tension points and frustrations and experiences of the authors. Some authors even use fantasy (e.g. the Minotaur story told from his perspective... living in neither world and thus set apart and alone) to make a point. However...

As the white parent of a biracial young adult, I found most of the stories in this anthology very absorbing with plenty of food for thought. They cover many different aspects of the bi & multiracial experience and though there's a tendency towards negative perspectives, it's got a few with positive perspectives as well, that provide some balance. I've reviewed it on my blog: http://maamej.wordpress.com/2014/10/0...

Already I'm wary, presuming the promo copy reflects the book's [political:] framework as the editor and contributors envisioned. To read alongside Amalgamation Schemes: Antiblackness and the Critique of Multiracialism, by Jared Sexton (Note: halfway through Sexton's book, and so far I've found his theory and writing breathtaking, paradigm-shifting and intellectually fearless).

A great and quick read. Each author has a multiracial background (not just black and white but possibly Indian, Scottish, Vietnamese, etc.) and has a written a short story. The stories begin with a quick background on the author and end with a note from the author on how they came up with their story (some were based on their own lives, others took themes and wove them in with personal experiences). There were many stories that left me wanting more, which is what I hate about short fiction. If y...

This collection started out so strong for me. I couldn't believe my ELA teachers weren't using some of these stories and didn't have this collection in their classrooms. But then...as all too often happens with story collections, I've hit some weak parts. I am in the middle now and I've read two very disappointing stories back-to-back. I just could not love Gift Giving or Shadey. There are several stories left, and I will continue to read one a day, but I hope they improve.Okay, finally done! An...

dnf.Sadly, I only got to page 128, after that I just didn't want to go on with any of the stories. Most of the characters were just not relatable. I would have loved to read about peoples experiences, positive and negative, with being mixed, but of the 7 stories I read I realized the authors think that being mixed is something bad, that you must choose a side, or that it gives you a disadvantage in life. Yes, sometimes being mixed feels like that but where is the positive part of being mixed? Wh...

It's good for people to understand the diversity of experiences for people of mixed heritage - both within similar mixes, and among different ones. I read this while living in Maui, fittingly enough...

YES FINALLY I'M SO PSYCHED

In case you have not yet figured it out, I am bi-racial. For many situations strangers know I am neither black nor white, but they do not know where to place me. I myself did not know where to put me. I enjoyed reading about others with the same issues. I hoped to get more inspiration that being mixed is a good thing that maybe everyone should try. Maybe that is the book I will have to write.

I usually always skip the forwards and introductions, but this time I didn’t. And man, am I glad I didn’t! Something told me not to. I knew I struggled with identity, but I didn’t realize just how much I did until I read the foreword and introduction to this book. People ask me what I am ALL of the time, and yes, I laugh it off, because honestly, what else can I do when even I don’t know the answer to that question?I’m in a constant battle with which side I identify more with, and it changes all...

this book fell into my hands at the perfect moment. it supported my heart and my experience. what more can you ask from a book? some wonderful stories in here by mixed race folks. we come in all shades.

i stumbled across this at the library & decided to check it out. it's an anthology of stories from various authors that relate in some way to being mixed race. the stories really cover a wide spectrum when it comes to genre & interpreting the subject matter, which is sometimes good & sometimes bad. writing these reviews has compelled me to understand that i have some kind of mental block against anything excessively fanciful & impressionistic, which is probably why i don't like a lot of sci-fi/f...

Some of these stories were insightful, and some were just bizarre and seemingly pointless (I did appreciate that each author wrote commentary on their piece after each short story though). I didn't expect all of these writers to feel like being mixed was such a tragedy.In the end, I just ended up feeling like there was something inherently wrong with me for not feeling extreme discord or self-loathing because of my mixed ethnicity. Apparently my "best of both worlds" and "who even cares, anyway?...

This is a collection of short stories about multiracial experiences. Written by writers who are multi-racial themselves, however, they are not mini-biographies. I enjoyed most of them, although they are not always the same quality and depth. My favourites:The anthropologists' kids by Ruth Ozeki A poignant and innocent tale with a dark edge, very fitting in today's global political climate. I am fan of Ruth Ozeki's lucid and effortless writing.Minotaur by Peter Ho DaviesA modern fable of a half-m...

Picked it up at the public library, if only because I was struck by the very first line of the first story in the collection ("There used to be this joke at Yale, that in order to get tenure in the Anthropology Department you had to have an Oriental wife"). Some of the stories are more enjoyable than the others, but it's a good read overall and inspires thoughtful reflections on the meaning of being multiracial/multicultural in modern societies obsessed with identity.

To hear the voice of true multiculturalism is to listen to the words of “Mixed.” The authors in this anthology of short stories are multiracial; each author brings a unique blend of experiences and styles depending on their mix of races and nationalities. Like each author, the stories are unique. The first story, Ruth Ozeki’s “The Anthropologists Kids” sets the tone for the collection that this was not a “nobody understands me” type of collection. The characters bite tongues of their offenders i...

I found this book along with the "Secret Daughter: A Mixed Race Daughter and The Mother Who Gave Her Away" by June Cross while I was searching for another book on Amazon.com. Both of these books were listed as a recommendation, so I read some reviews antheyd then placed a hold on both books at my local library. I'm not a huge fan of short stories I find they often fall flat of complete story telling. I like to have a beginning, middle and an end in a story and I find that most short stories do n...

Though I had to put it down a lot to get to other things, I thought this book was pretty solid. Contemporary collections of short fiction always freak me out, because whether they're solo attempts or anthologies, they're usually so bad and so purple. But nearly everything in here was really good, and I could swear I read "Unacknowledged" somewhere else, but it must have been published later, because there's nothing in the copyrights to suggest that. Help!

I'm scared that this is gonna piss me off. but here goes..Nope, not pissed off. I think Iwould rather analysis and memoir on this topic than short fiction. But, I was introduced to some folks who i hope will be new authors for me, so that was good. there's not enough stuff in the world about being mixed, so I'll take it.and I love Wayde Compton

I never knew being "mixed" could be so downright depressing. Had some high expectations going into the book, the introduction was very uplifting - to bad it seemed to be the most optimistic writing in the book.