The Mixed Experience

Amina Gautier is the author of three short story collections: At-Risk, Now We Will Be Happy and The Loss of All Lost Things. At-Risk was awarded the Flannery Oâ??Connor Award. Now We Will Be Happy was awarded the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, the International Latino Book Award, and was a Finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize. The Loss of All Lost Things was awarded the Elixir Press Award in Fiction, the Phillis Wheatley Award, the Chicago Public Libraryâ??s 21st Century Award, and was a Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award, the Paterson Prize, and the John Gardner Award.

NYT bestselling writer Julie Lythcott-Haims talks about her new memoir Real American about growing up mixed race, biracial.

All the news about mixed race, multiracial, biracial and interracial experience including host Heidi Durrow's thoughts about this mixed-up world.

Janet Savage is the author of Jay Gatsby: A Black Man in Whiteface. She is also an entertainment attorney who holds degrees from Harvard Law and Stanford. She lives in California and reads a lot.

Lisa Ko is the author of The Leavers, a novel which won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction and will be published by Algonquin Books in May 2017. Her writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2016, The New York Times, Apogee Journal, Narrative, O. Magazine, Copper Nickel, Storychord, One Teen Story, Brooklyn Review, and elsewhere. A co-founder of Hyphen and a fiction editor at Drunken Boat, Lisa has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the MacDowell Colony, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Writers OMI at Ledig House, the Jerome Foundation, Blue Mountain Center, the Van Lier Foundation, Hawthornden Castle, the I-Park Foundation, the Anderson Center, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center. Born in Queens and raised in Jersey, she lives in Brooklyn.

We talk about the new play Supper currently playing at Theatre of NOTE, 1517 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood.

In Talking Back, Talking Black devoted solely to the form, structure, and development of Black English, John McWhorter clearly explains its fundamentals and rich history, while carefully examining the cultural, educational, and political issues that have undermined recognition of this transformative, empowering dialect. Talking Back, Talking Black takes us on a fascinating tour of a nuanced and complex language that has moved beyond Americaâ??s borders to become a dynamic force for todayâ??s youth culture around the world.

Iâ??m a recovering lawyer and politico who turned into a food writer interested in the following topics: African heritage food (especially soul food), barbecue, the intersection of faith and food, and presidential foodways. His newest book is The President's Kitchen Cabinet: African-Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, From the Washingtons to the Obamas.

Maria Leonard Olsen is a biracial woman whose parents were forbidden by law to marry in their home state of Maryland in the early 1960s. She is the mother of two children, a lawyer, journalist, radio talk show host (WPFW fm 89.3 in Washington, D.C.) and author of the children's book, â??Mommy, Why's Your Skin So Brown?â?? Maria graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, served in the Clinton Administration's Justice Department, fostered newborn babies awaiting adoption, and has been on the boards of Children's National Medical Center BOV, the Catholic Coalition for Special Education, GirlsUp and the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Washington. She has written for The Washington Post, Washingtonian, Bethesda Magazine, Parenting, BabyTalk and Washington For Women. She lives in Fairhaven, Maryland.

Amina Gautier is the author of three award-winning short story collections: The Loss of All Lost Things, which won the Elixir Press Award in Fiction, Now We Will Be Happy, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, the USA Best Book Award in African American Fiction a Florida Authors and Publishers Association Award Gold Medal in Short Fiction, and was Long-listed for The Chautauqua Prize in Fiction, and At-Risk, which won the Flannery Oâ??Connor Award for Short Fiction, and received an Eric Hoffer Legacy Award and a First Horizon Award. Gautier has published a record number of short stories.

Catch up on the news of mixed-ness--all things mixed race and multiracial-- and my take on the excellent film Loving.

I talk with novelist Nicole Blades about her new book The Thunder Beneath Us.

â??Ginger McKnight-Chavers expertly fuses politics, pop culture and hot topics surrounding race to create one of the most rousingly inspiring reads of fall.â?? â??Redbook Magazine

Shine Text is led by two inspirational mixed chicks who want to give you the motivation you need each day. Hear their awesome story about growing their business & the great work they are doing!

Henok is an American magician that has traveled the world to make the impossible a reality. Hailed by his contemporaries as a magician that is able to take classic effects and uniquely present them for modern audiences. He has brought his magic to television, nightclubs, magic publications and living rooms around the globe. Henok has been a featured performer at the Hollywood Magic Castle since 2008 and he was awarded Best of Fringe for the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013 and most recently on Penn & Teller's TV show.

Mat Johnson's novel Loving Day is a major hit and it's all about the mixed-race and multiracial experience. Don't miss my interview with this talented and engaging writer.

Lori L. Tharps is an assistant professor of journalism at Temple University, an award-winning author, freelance journalist and popular speaker. Tharps' new book Same Family, Different Colors debuts Oct. 2016.

I talk with the sisters behind McBride Sisters Winery --fellow mixed chicks who grew up worlds apart but both with a shared passion for making wine. Hear their story!

Arica Coleman is is an award-winning American historian whose research focuses on comparative ethnic studies and issues of racial formation and identity. She is the author of is an award-winning American historian whose research focuses on comparative ethnic studies and issues of racial formation and identity.

Robert Reece is a PhD candidate in sociology at Duke University where He takes an intersectional critical race approach to research on the American South, colorism, gender/sex/sexuality, and digital technology. Robert is a co-founder of Still Furious and Brave, a blogging collective of scholar-activists that focuses on issues that rest at the intersections of race, region, and feminism, and founder of Magnolia Fresh, a fashion blog that seeks to cater to black men in the South. He is also a member of the editorial board for Scalawag magazine, a quarterly magazine that focuses on southern politics and culture.

Author of The Other One, Winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction.

Mixed in America is a short film documentary series about the stories of biracial people in the proverbial â??melting pot.â?? These are stories to which we can all relate: no matter what color, creed or culture you claim.

MariNaomi has been making memoir comics since 1997. She's the author and illustrator of the SPACE Prize-winning Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), the Eisner-nominated Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), the newly released Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016) and I Thought You Hated Me (Retrofit Comics, 2016), and her self-published Estrus Comics (1998 to 2009). Her work has appeared in over sixty print publications, and has been featured on numerous websites, such as The Rumpus, The Weeklings, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast, Truth-out, XOJane, Buzzfeed, PEN America and more. Mari's work on the Rumpus won a SPACE Prize and an honorable mention in Houghton Mifflin's Best American Comics 2013.

heryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York-based journalist and author of �?�¢??Sarong Party Girls�?�¢?? (William Morrow, 2016) as well as �?�¢??A Tiger In The Kitchen: A Memoir of Food & Family�?�¢?? (Hyperion, 2011). She is the editor of the fiction anthology �?�¢??Singapore Noir�?�¢?? (Akashic Books, 2014).

Natashia Deón is the recipient of a PEN Center USA Emerging Voices fellowship and her debut novel, Grace, is debuted June 2016 with Counterpoint Press. An attorney, writer, law professor, and creator of the popular L.A.-based reading series Dirty Laundry Lit, Deón was recently named one of L.A.'s "Most Fascinating People" by L.A. Weekly.

Dmae Roberts has recently completed her memoir book The Letting Go Trilogies: Stories of a Mixed Race Family which traces four decades of what it means to be a mixed-race adult who sometimes called herself â??Secret Asian Woman. With her personal essays written over a ten-year period, Dmae Roberts journeys through biracial identity, Taiwan, sci-fi, and the trials of her interracial Taiwanese and Oklahoman family amid love, loss and letting go of past regrets and pain.

Host Heidi Durrow gives us an update on the most epic Festival ever!

We'll be talking about a mixed-bag of mixed-race news --I'm excited to again welcome Elizabeth Hudson for this episode as a guest co-host!

We'll be talking about a mixed-bag of mixed-race news --I'm excited to welcome Elizabeth Hudson for this episode as a guest co-host!

LITTLE BROWN GIRL is a story of the struggle to re-enter society after living in a cloistered utopian community, Synanon, in Marin County, California. This collaboration by Cassidy Arkin and her mother, Sandra Rogers-Hare is an open child and parent perspective of two very unique lives.

Paul R. Spickard is an American historian and the author of several books on the subject of race and ethnicity, particularly multiracialism.

Sarah Savidaki, a mixed-race Korean adoptee, has started a non-profit organization to help create a DNA network, 325kamra.org, to help adoptees find birth parents.

Don't miss my interview with an exciting new novelist whose book We Love You Charlie Freeman is taking the literary world by storm.

Evoking the Mulatto is a multiplatform narrative and visual art project examining black mixed identity in the 21st century, within the context of the history of racial classification in the United States. Featuring filmed interviews with young mixed artists and activists, photographic portraits, and historical mappings, this project aims to explore a relevant contemporary issue by glimpsing at its chronicle. We are constantly fighting for the right to determine our own bodies and space. In this context, identity is two-fold â?? how we view ourselves and how others view us, both of which are informed by the racialized and sexualized violence of our past. Evoking the Mulatto begins with a delicate and poignant portrait of the young biracial body in contemporary society in respect to these legacies, in the hope of blossoming into a broader discussion on our humanity, the right to our own bodies and our own identities. www.evokingthemulatto.com

Matt de la Pe�±a is the New York Times Bestselling, Newbery Medal winning author of six young adult novels (including Mexican WhiteBoy, We Were Here and The Living) and two picture books (A Nations Hope and Last Stop on Market Street). Matt received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. de la Pe�±a currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his family. He teaches creative writing and visits high schools and colleges throughout the country.

Let's check in on all the latest news of the Mixed experience.

Sunil Yapa holds a bachelorâ??s degree in economic geography from Penn State University and an MFA from Hunter College. The biracial son of a Sri Lankan father and mother from Montana, Yapa has lived around the world, including time in Greece, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, China, and India, as well as London, Montreal, and New York City.

The What are you? and Where are you from? questions take on a whole new meaning abroad. Tune in.

I'm excited to talk with these exciting emerging artists from the Mixed-Race Mixtape who are mixing up the stories of the Mixed experience in a whole new way.

I talk with four University of Michigan professors and their work illuminating the Mixed experience: Martha Jones,Mark Kamimura-Jimenez, Karen Downing and Edward West. They recently spoke on the same topic as part of a year-long series on multiracial and biracial identity at the university.

Peg's journey to find her biological dad continues. Listen in to hear an update on how the search has turned out so far for this wonderful mixed chick!

This episode was pre-recorded in October 2015. I talk with the filmmakers of a powerful new documentary about the stories of the Japanese war brides who came to America after marrying American men. A touching & important film by their biracial daughters! http://www.fallsevengetupeight.com/

Ashley Hope P�©rez is the author of three novels: Out of Darkness (2015), The Knife and the Butterfly (2012), and What Canâ??t Wait (2011). Out of Darkness received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews, which called the novel â??a powerful, layered tale of love in times of unrelenting racism.â?? What Canâ??t Wait and The Knife and the Butterfly appear on YALSAâ??s 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults and 2015 Popular Paperbacks lists. Ashley holds a doctorate in comparative literature and teaches at The Ohio State University. She lives in Columbus with her husband and their two sons, Liam Miguel and Ethan Andr�©s. Visit her online at www.ashleyperez.com and find her on Facebook and Twitter (@ashleyhopeperez). She is also a founding blogger for www.latinosinkidlit.com, an online guide to literature by Latina/o authors and literature that engages with Latina/o experiences.

Rhonda Roorda, adopted by a white family, is a highly-regarded national speaker on transracial adoption. Together with Rita Simon, she coauthored a landmark trilogy of books on transracial adoption (In Their Own Voices, In Their Parents' Voices, and In Their Siblings' Voices.) Ms. Roorda's groundbreaking new book builds on that trilogy and highlights the views of non-adopted black Americans.

Joy Stoffers was raised in East Brunswick, NJ, by a Taiwanese mother and a Caucasian father. At the age of six she wrote, illustrated, and promptly recycled her first short story. Since then she dreamed of becoming a novelist. She holds a BA in English from Rutgers University and an MA in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. Harken Media will publish her debut novel, Whasian, on November 2nd, 2015.

Listen in to this interview with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gregory Pardlo and help kick off Season 3 of The Mixed Experience.

Listen in on a great interview from interview archive in 2011 with Daniel Sharfstein who is the author of The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White (Penguin Press 2011) http://danieljsharfstein.com

Author and journalist Susan Katz Miller is both an interfaith child and an interfaith parent. Her father is Jewish, her mother is protestant. She is the author of Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family www.susankatzmiller.com

"Almost Asian" is a unique and witty new webseries from actress and writer, Katie Malia, that explores the ethnic dichotomies and racial diversities prevalent in youth culture today. www.almostasian.com

A wonderful photo project by Walter Thompson-Hernandez higlighting the experience of Los Angelenos mixed with an African-American and Mexican heritage. https://instagram.com/blaxicansofla/

In the wake of the Supreme Courtâ??s unanimous decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, Virginiaâ??s Prince Edward County refused to obey the law. Rather than desegregate, the county closed its public schools, locking and chaining the doors. The communityâ??s white leaders quickly established a private academy, commandeering supplies from the shuttered public schools to use for their all-white classrooms, while black parents scrambled to find alternative education for their children. For five years, the schools remained closed in Prince Edward County. Author and journalist Kristen Green grew up in Farmville and attended Prince Edward Academy, which didnâ??t open its doors to black students until 1986. Thirty four years after the Supreme Court ended school segregation, Green first began to learn the truth about her hometownâ??s shameful history. As a wife and mother in her own multiracial family, the revelations of the haunting period in our nationâ??s past become more complex and painful as she discovers the role her own grandparents played. Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County by Kristen Green is a provocative true story that reveals a little-known chapter of American history.