![]() If nothing else, I must be whole and respond to racism in a way that is true to the depths of my being. "If we don’t become the truth-tellers, then a different kind of erosion can happen in which resentment breeds, a resentment that would threaten the wholeness of my heart and soul. In an excerpt adapted for the Century as " I want to talk to Thomas Merton about race," she writes, Her new book of nonfiction is The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton. Her other books include the novel Unforgivable Love, an essay collection, Love’s Long Line, and a memoir, This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World, co-authored with her son Tain. When her first novel, All I Need to Get By, was published in 2004, she was nominated for best new author at the African American Literary Awards. ![]() She began her career as an award-winning magazine journalist for Time and People. ![]() She holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Author and teacher Sophfronia Scott grew up in Lorain, Ohio, a hometown she shares with Toni Morrison. ![]()
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