Audio Clips
Selected writers read from their essays
Reviews
What others said about the book
Sample Chapter
The story that started the book
Bernestine's Magazine Articles
Sometimes even your best efforts go unrewarded.
In 1998 we saw the Garden of Eden.
In 1999, reality hadn't yet trumped hope.
Bernestine in Literary Journals
Mix evidence and prejudice with a jury, then stir.
Why bother with the facts when it's so easy to keep believing the hype?
Sun isn't the only thing that sets stuff on fire.
You're never too young to learn the hard lessons of desire.
Bernestine in Other Anthologies
When the thing you most fear finally happens, then what?
Some of my best friends are white. Some aren't.
A piece of Texas fiction...or is it?