Poetically transparent... Negro Woman takes you on a journey where Toni reveals her innermost thoughts and feelings on race, spirituality, love, and hope. Let yourself go and enjoy the ride... Toni hopes that this book will inspire the reader to take their dreams out of the margins and onto the main stage of their lives. "Although I am naked...I am not ashamed." "This book pays homage to the rich legacy of the people whose shoulders I stand on." Toni does not speak for black women; she speaks as a black woman...listen.