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Newcomer Marsalis blends diary extracts and novel excerpts to good effect, telling the story of University of Vermont freshman David as he struggles to clarify his African American identity at a mostly white school and to maintain the lie he told his New York girlfriend Melody: that he lives with his drug-addicted mother in Harlem, when in fact she's an educated professional who's nevertheless "crazy like black crazy." As he becomes increasingly i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More