{"product_id":"mixed-roots-writers-on-multiracial-identity-both-and-belonging","title":"Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity \u0026 Both\/And Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Anne Liu Kellor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeacon Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10\/13\/2026, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9780807021361\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e29 personal essays exploring mixed identity, belonging, family, racism, community and the paradoxical ways of being in the world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMultiracial people are everywhere--but so often their stories are oversimplified, overlooked, or left out of the narrative altogether. \u003ci\u003eMixed Roots\u003c\/i\u003e collects 29 voices from different generations, geographies, and mixes of race and ethnicity. Combining powerful personal narratives with community-oriented perspectives, \u003ci\u003eMixed Roots \u003c\/i\u003eexplores themes of inherited belief systems, racism, whiteness, migration, language, trauma, ancestry, and healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen society so often wants to divide us into either\/or categories, \u003ci\u003eMixed Roots\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that multiracial experiences are complex and can be told in different ways. This anthology engages with the familiar questions of \"what are you?\" or \"where do you belong?\" with nuance, dispelling the idea that there is ever one right way to identify. In a time of increased polarization, \u003ci\u003eMixed Roots\u003c\/i\u003e invites more of us to examine the historical legacies and harm caused by racism within ourselves and our communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith compelling, intimate, lyrical and conversational prose, the voices in \u003ci\u003eMixed Roots\u003c\/i\u003e honor the realities we've inherited around race, while pushing against old assumptions-- encouraging readers to embrace paradox and non-binary belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Each writer within this anthology boldly charts their own path to belonging. But the true magic forms in the broader chorus, where voices who have never felt a 'we' write themselves into collective lineage. Refusing to be defined by categories that have never encompassed the complexity of who we are, \u003ci\u003eMixed Roots\u003c\/i\u003e anchors itself in both history and gratitude for the ones whose stories paved the way for us, while opening new paths of possibility for the ones who will follow. This anthology is a gift for anyone who lives within the both\/and.\" -- Tessa Hulls, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and artist of \u003ci\u003eFeeding Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMixed Roots\u003c\/i\u003e meets individuals at all points of the journey to understand one's multiracial identity and root out internalized racism and anti-Blackness. For mixed-race readers, this book is a quiet moment and a reprieve from a world that defines who you are and what that means by the most rigid of parameters. Anne Liu Kellor has curated with care a collection of voices eager to join the growing conversation about the fluid nature of race and identity.\" -- Minda Honey, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heartbreak Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Whatever confusion or ache you've experienced, residing in the land of in-between, you will find camaraderie within these pages. An existential homecoming for the soul.\" -- Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of \u003ci\u003eMexican Enough\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArt Above Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Liu Kellor\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mixed-race Chinese American writer, editor, and teacher based in Seattle. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eHeart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e, was a 2021 IPPY Winner and Washington State Book Award finalist. Kellor's essays have appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eMemoir Land, Longreads, New England Review, Fourth Genre, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e YES! Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She loves supporting other writers through her work as a facilitator of online creative nonfiction classes, workshops for multiracial people, and a yearlong nonfiction manuscript program for women and non-binary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54424761106715,"sku":"Mixed Roots","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81-9dknIjkL._SL1500.jpg?v=1793045115","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/mixed-roots-writers-on-multiracial-identity-both-and-belonging","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}