Forward From this Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2008 Memoir_Gift_Guide from being mistaken for a

from being mistaken for a prostitute to being mistaken for Harriet Tubman

she thought she would grow up to build things

obsessive desire

When the United States recently exploded with unprecedented demonstrations challenging racial violence and hatred

embrace your talents

Forward From this Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2008 Memoir_Gift_Guide from being mistaken for aSince 1976, when he was an 18 year old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts' writing has been winning awards, including the Pulitzer and five National Headliner Awards. This book collects his best newspaper columns, along with select longer pieces. The book is arranged chronologically under three broad subject headings: Waiting for Someday to Come, about children and family; White Men Cant Jump (and Other Stupid Myths), about race, gender, sexual orientation,