Member of the Club

<p><strong>In <em>Member of the Club</em>. [Graham writes of] heartbreaking ironies and contradictions indignities and betrayals in the life of an upper-class black man. --<em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em></strong></p><p>Informed and driven by his experience as an upper-middle-class African American man who lives and works in a predominately white environment provocative author Lawrence Otis Graham offers a unique perspective on the subject of race. An uncompromising work that will challenge the mindset of every reader <em>Member of the Club</em> is a searching book of essays ranging from examining life as a black Princetonian and corporate lawyer to exploring life as a black busboy at an all white country-club. From <em>New York Magazine</em> cover stories <em>Invisible Man</em> and <em>Harlem on My Mind</em> to such new essays as I Never Dated a White Girl and My Dinner with Mister Charlie: A Black Man's Undercover Guide to Dining with Dignity at Ten Top New York Restaurants Graham challenges racial prejudice among white Americans while demanding greater accountability and self-determination from his peers in black America.</p><p>Lawrence Graham surely knows about the pressures of being beholden to two very different groups. --<em>Los Angeles Times</em></p><p>Lawrence Otis Graham is a popular commentator on race and ethnicity. The author of ten other books his work has appeared in <em>New York</em> magazine the <em>New York Times</em> and<em> The Best American Essays</em>.</p>