She published her first children's book, The Big Box, in 1999, which she worked on with her son Slade, that focuses on describing the ways that well-meaning adults sometimes block their children's independence and creativity. ... I was the only black in the class and the only child who could read.... In an attempt to discover how Morrison influences the reader to feel and understand the cultural perspective of African Americans growing up in the Great Depression, Khayati explores the argument that Morrison is concerned with things unsaid or "unsayable" in the narratives of...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate