{"product_id":"9780060082772","title":"Some of My Best Friends: Writers on Interracial Friendships","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this unusually honest book of essays and other writings, Emily Bernard examines the complexities of interracial friendships: Latino and white, black and Asian, black and Jewish. In essays from such celebrated writers as Pam Houston, Darryl Pickney, Luis Rodriguez, and Susan Straight, among many others, you'll meet a young Italian American college student who rooms with a sophisticated young black man who can trace his college-educated elders back several generations; a second-generation Korean American from the \"hood\" who is more comfortable with Latinos and blacks than with Korean kids who grew up in the suburbs; and a Jewish man who reflects on his friendship with a black opera singer. Though culturally and ethnically at odds, perhaps, they call each other friends; working together, playing together, opening their homes and hearts, even when they have every reason not to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes controversial, sometimes funny, but always thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eSome of My Best Friends\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely work on a subject that has yet to be fully explored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021642907888,"sku":"9780060082772","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060082772_p0.jpg?v=1763619384","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060082772","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}