Okay, I admit this is just shameless self-promotion, but Kim Wayans just sent me an email saying she LOVED Kinky Gazpacho! Let me explain why this means so much to me. 1. I love the entire Wayans family, like they were my own long-lost hilarious cousins. They defined the 90s for me as a budding multiculturalist who yearned to make fun not war between different ethnic groups. 2. Despite my horrific lack of rhythm, I wanted nothing more than to be a Fly Girl, dancing up there on the stage behind Kim and Damon and Keenan. Yeah, me and Jenny from the Block (aka. J.Lo)shaking our groove things. (Obviously didn't happen.) And 3. Kim and her hubby Kevin Knotts are now writing their own multi-culti books. They've penned a delightful series for young readers about a multi-ethnic little girl (She's Black, White, Korean and Japanese) named Amy Hodges, nicknamed, Amy Hodgepodge. So Kim's thumbs up isn't just praise from a famous fan, it means another writer committed to exploring the intimate places of America's meltingpot, likes my book. Yeah for me! Yeah for Kim!
Peace!
