Thank You

Thank You Intro

Dreams From My Father

Preface 1

Preface 2

My Mother Preferred A Gentler Portrait

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming the American Dream (Abridged Nonfiction)

That's How All The Stories Went

Preface 3

We Are The Ones We Are Waiting For

Miscegenation

We Are One (feat. A More Perfect Union)

That Was The World

They Eloped

In 1960

My Grandmother Didn't Have An Answer

It's Hard To Know

There Was Only One Problem

The Road To The Embassy

We Had Lived In Indonesia

There Wasn't Much Light Left

Lolo Was There To Greet Us

I Felt A Hard Knock To The Jaw

The First Thing To Remember

That's How Things Were

Yes We Can

Kanye Is A Jackass

My Mother Watched Us

Still Something Had Happened

My Mother Had Left The Cousin's House

As The Summer Drew To A Close

My Mother Laughs At This Point

She Had Only One Ally

Looking Back

It Took Me A While To Recognize Them

Finally, During Recess

Man, I'm Not Going To Anymore Of These

Over Lunch

A Month. That's How Long We Would Have

I Spent The Last Two Years Of High School

I Gathered Up Books

To Avoid Being Mistaken For Such A Sellout

Regina Smiled

My Mother's Worst Fears Didn't Come To Pass

The Audacity of Hope

That's Just How White Folks'll Do You

When I Heard About A Transfer Program

Sophomore Year

One Day, I Awoke To The Sound

Things Had Got Complicated