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1. 1. Colored Television

   American Fiction

   

   In "Colored Television," Jane, a writer, is hopeful for a fresh start as she and her family house-sit in a luxurious Los Angeles home. While on sabbatical, Jane aims to complete her ambitious novel, "Nusu Nusu," which she hopes will secure her career and stability. However, when her plans falter, she turns to Hollywood for a new opportunity. A promising meeting with a young producer offers Jane the chance to create a groundbreaking biracial comedy for a streaming network. Just as things seem to be improving, unexpected challenges arise, threatening her newfound prospects.

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2. 2. Caucasia

   

   Set against the backdrop of 1970s Boston, this coming-of-age novel follows the journey of Birdie Lee, a biracial girl caught between two worlds. As her parents' interracial marriage crumbles amidst racial tensions, Birdie and her mother go on the run, forcing her to navigate a new identity while grappling with the loss of her sister, Cole, who remains with their father. Through Birdie's eyes, the narrative explores themes of race, identity, and belonging, as she struggles to reconcile her dual heritage in a society that demands she choose one side over the other.

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3. 3. New People

   

   A sharp, intimate novel about a young interracial couple who try to build a life inside a liberal, predominantly white social world and find their relationship and identities tested by everyday racial tensions, conflicting loyalties, and the uneasy compromises of upward mobility; as flirtations with a newly defined ‘belonging’ reveal hypocrisies in both their private choices and the progressive circles they inhabit, the story probes how desire, race, class, and the wish to be seen shape the couple’s sense of self and the limits of idealism.

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4. 4. You Are Free

   

   A luminous, razor-sharp novel follows a mixed-race woman navigating the precarious terrain of race, desire, and belonging in contemporary America; as she confronts family secrets, the expectations of both Black and white communities, and fraught romantic entanglements, she struggles to define an autonomous identity, reckon with the past, and pursue what freedom really means amid the demands and contradictions of everyday life.

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5. 5. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? A Personal History

   A Personal History

   

   A candid memoir that traces a biracial woman’s search for identity and the truth about her family, weaving personal memory, reporting and cultural reflection as she reconstructs her father’s life and absence, confronts long-buried family secrets, and examines how race, gender and belonging shaped her upbringing and place in America.

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