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Lise Funderburg

Lise Funderburg
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Lise Funderburg

Lise Funderburg is the author of Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk about Race and Identity, the first book to explore the lives of adult children of black-white unions. She has been a regular contributor since 2001 to O, the Oprah Magazine, wrote a book about the Tony-winning muscial The Color Purple, and has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Nation, Salon, and Newsday. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School and Reed College, Funderburg lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Pig Candy is now available in Trade Paperback
May 12, 2009
Pig Candy will be released on May 12, 2009 in Trade Paperback
May 12, 2009
Pig Candy is now available in Trade Paperback
May 12, 2009
Pig Candy will be released on May 12, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Dec 19, 2008
Pig Candy will be released on May 13, 2008 in Hardcover
May 13, 2008
Pig Candy is now available in Hardcover
May 13, 2008
Pig Candy will be released on May 13, 2008 in eBook
May 13, 2008
Pig Candy is now available in eBook
May 13, 2008
Pig Candy will be released on May 13, 2008 in
May 13, 2008
Pig Candy is now available in
May 13, 2008
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Pig Candy
Prior to Dec 19, 2008

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Oprah.com, March 15, 2012
...about the book—not exclusively, especially if the book's a dud, but hold the group to its purpose. Lise Funderburg is the author of Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home. More Tools for Your Reading Group...
MORE, July 16, 2011
...Grab your passport! Novel or memoir, cookbook or thriller, travel tale or brilliant fiction, these 35 reads satisfy that urge to unplug from your same old world and escape to distant shores. So sit back, turn the page and choose your adventure...
Yahoo! Shine, February 24, 2012
...By Lise Funderburg Janice and Stanley WeintraubAges: Both 62Years married: 35Occupations: Part-time dental hygienist; RealtorHow did you know he was the one? I believed in him. He didn't have a job...
Monticello News, February 3, 2012
...OE” and “NA.” Those were all part of one word when I played an author with local ties, Lise Funderburg, who I might add beat me handily. I’ve long been a Scrabble aficionado, and long ago learned that a good vocabulary helps, but that’s not...
Zimbio, January 26, 2012
...American lifestyle of excess and obesity. We have included part 1 of this excellent Time article written by Lise Funderburg in its entirety for your convenience. The parking lot outside my health club is, as always, dog eat dog, and by the time I find a...