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Divided to the Vein : A Journey into Race and Family by Scott Minerbrook.  The author's father was a pampered black child, his mother an idealistic girl from a large poor white farming family: he himself grew up in the 1950s and 60s. His mixed family background and his later search for ethnic identity as an adult are the subject of an autobiography which reflects on the powers of racial heritage and identity

Harnessing Anger : The Inner Discipline of Athletic Excellence by Peter Westbrook, Tej Hazarika.  The son of a black American father and Japanese Mother, he grew up "poorer than poor" in the projects of Newark. Encouraged by his mother, he fenced his way out of the ghetto, attending New York University on a full athletic scholarship. His extraordinary history and his work today coaching young fencers in New York City.  Written in a simple, honest and direct voice, this inspiring memoir [examines] being poor and bi-racial; learning confidence and self-control; understanding the cultural differences within our country; and mastering the psychology and politics of competition and winning

What Are You? by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins.   What Are You? is the result of Pearl Gaskins's years of in-depth interviews with eighty mixed-race young people. In their own words -- which are at times defiant, humorous, and insightful -- they address issues such as dating, family life, prejudice, and racial identity. At the same time, they celebrate the unique hope and possibilities that come from living life in multicolors and multicultures. Combining interviews with poems, essays, and insights from experts, What Are You? reveals what it means to be living proof that America's ideas about race make no sense. The book includes an extensive bibliography, resource guide, and photographs of young people who contributed.

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride.  James McBride grew up one of twelve siblings in the all-black housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn, the son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white. The object of McBride's constant embarrassment and continuous fear for her safety, his mother was an inspiring figure, who saw her dozen children through college, and many through graduate school. McBride was an adult before he discovered the truth about his mother: The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi in rural Virginia, she had run away to Harlem, married a black man, and founded an all-black Baptist church in her living room. In her son's remarkable memoir, she tells in her own words the story of her past.   HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk about Race and Identity by Lise Funderburg.  As we prepare to enter a new millenium, for the United States race remains the issue, woven into the fabric of almost every American life. Yet few Americans confront the ambiguities of race as regularly as those of biracial descent. In Black, White, Other journalist Lise Funderburg questions 46 biracial Americans about family and love, work and religion, and the mythology surrounding the "tragic mulatto." Her book reveals a great deal about life on both sides of the color line--and exposes just how artificial, how socially constructed, our concept of race is to begin with.

Black, White, and Jewish : Autobiography of a Shifting Self by Rebecca Walker.  When Mel Leventhal married Alice Walker during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, his mother declared him dead and sat shiva for him. By the time her parents divorced, when Rebecca was eight, the excitement of the milieu that had brought her parents together and produced a "Movement baby" had died down and the foundation that gave her life meaning dropped out from under her. After their divorce, Rebecca alternated homes every two years, living in Mississippi, Brooklyn, San Francisco, the Bronx, and suburban New York. With each new place came a new identity and desperate attempts to fit in: as white or black, as Puerto Rican or Jewish, as a party girl, a fighter, or a lover. Confused, and mostly alone, Rebecca Walker turned to sex, drugs, books, and complicated alliances. Black, White, and Jewish, her much-anticipated memoir, is the story of a child's unique struggle for identity and home when nothing in her world tells her who she is or where she belongs.

Half and Half: Writers on Growing up Biracial and Bicultural is a collection of essays on the theme of being biracial and bicultural in contemporary American society. The Editor has assembled a passionate medley of writings by 18 authors who share a bicultural or biracial identity.  From the Publisher:  "How do you measure someone's race or culture? Half this, quarter that, born here, raised there. What name do you give that? These eighteen essays, joined by a shared sense of duality, address both the difficulties of not fitting into and the benefits of being part of two worlds."

Neither Black Nor White Yet Both : Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature by Werner Sollors.  A study on the history of miscegenation and interracial literature examines the taboos and restrictions surrounding interracial relationships as they are found in prominent literary works.

I haven't read this yet, but here is the description: "A young girl learns some difficult lessons in Danzy Senna's debut novel Caucasia. Growing up in a biracial family in 1970s Boston, Birdie has seen her family disintegrate due to the increasing racial tensions. Her father and older sister move to Brazil, where they hope to find true racial equality, while Birdie and her mother drift through the country, eventually adopting new identities (Sheila and Jesse Goldman) and settling in a small New Hampshire town."  Might be more for the Mixed females out there than the males.

Skin Deep by Kathleen Cross. Nina Moore never thought of herself as a white woman. Sure she was pale with eyes bluer than a windswept sky. But until her move from metropolitan Los Angeles to small-town Glendale, Arizona, it didn't bother her when people perceived her as anything other than what she was: a proud black woman. Now she is forced to face several painful truths: her color struck fianci is suffering from jungle fever; Ahmad, the handsome, intriguing, and recently released ex-convict and struggling single father.

Racially Mixed People in America by Maria P. P. Root (Editor).

The Multiracial Experience : Racial Borders As the New Frontier
by Maria P.P. Root (Editor). For the first time in US history, according to the Census Bureau, the number of biracial babies is increasing at a faster rate than the number of single-race babies. In this collection educators, philosophers, sociologists, social workers, and others consider personal experience and theory as well as practical ideas for incorporating mutltiracial thinking into areas such as education, gender issues, and census forms. The 24 essays are divided into six sections: human rights; identity; blending and flexibility; gender and sexual identity; multicultural education; and the new millennium