Dear Nasionians,
We are happy to share with you the first book we published under The Nasiona Publishing House. Nicole Zelniker’s Mixed, a work of nonfiction about race and mixed-race families, is available now in paperback on Amazon, on Amazon Kindle, and on Barnes and Noble’s website.
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The definition of families is widening, whether it’s because of mixed-race relationships, interracial adoption, or numerous other factors. Today, it is important to hear from a growing population about race, their shifting identities, and what family means to them. At the heart of the issue are the mixed-race families. Many mixed-race children have had difficulties fitting in, whether with one race or the other. In mixed-race relationships, one partner may face racism, while the other may not, or else they will experience racism in different ways. Children who have been adopted into families that identify as a race that is not theirs often find that they struggle to fit in with their families as well as with people who identify as their own race. Not only are these families navigating US American culture at large, but they also must navigate their own family structures and what it means to be mixed.
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Nicole Zelniker (she/her) is an editor at The Conversation US and a podcast producer at The Nasiona. Nicole is also the author of Mixed, a non-fiction book about race and mixed-race families, and Last Dance, a collection of short stories. Check out the rest of her work at nicolezelniker.com.
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Being Mixed-Race: The Podcast Series
- Mixed-Race Families, Nicole Zelniker discusses her book, Mixed.
- Transracial Adoption, a conversation with Leah Whetten-Goldstein.
- What It Means to be Mixed-Race, conversations with Justyn Melrose and Danielle Douez.
- Mixed-Race Families Matter, conversations with Katie Bullard and Jesse Chen.
- Mixed-Race Relationships, conversations with Zyda Culpepper Mellon and Ricardee Franks.
- Passing as White, a conversation with Sam Manas.
- Disability Inclusion, Intersectionality, and Activism, a conversation with Mia Ives-Rublee.
- The Beiging of America, conversations with Sean Frederick Forbes and Tara Betts.
- Writing from Experience, conversations with F. Douglas Brown and Anika Fajardo.
- Parenting a Mixed-Race Child, a conversation with Naomi Raquel Enright.
- Brown White Black Family, a conversation with Nishta J. Mehra.
- Education and Race, a conversation with James Shields.
- Round-Table Discussion on Race, a post-production conversation with Aïcha Martine Thiam, Nicole Zelniker, and Julián Esteban Torres López.
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Also by Nicole Zelniker ...
In twelve stories, Nicole Zelniker makes her fiction debut. In "Fever Dreams," a young woman struggles to make sense of a deadly diagnosis, her relationships, and her past. In "Aftermath," a soldier copes with coming home after being discharged from the military. In "Hands," a mother deals with her daughter's OCD months after her husband's death.
All of Zelniker's stories follow similar themes of sisterhood, bodies, family, and what it means to really live. In today's divisive world, these stories are more relevant now than ever.
Upmarket fiction about mental health and family
Nicole Zelniker is currently looking for a literary agent for her new upmarket fiction book about mental health and family. If you have any interest, leads, or suggestions, please contact Zelniker directly here. Below is a synopsis of her new book.
Much has changed in the last eight months. Sadie’s close friend Kim has been diagnosed with leukemia for a third time and is undergoing chemotherapy. She is speaking with her mother again after two years. Her daughter has started kindergarten, and isn’t entirely sure how to react to Sadie coming home. On top of mourning, Sadie has to find the strength to deal with the ups and downs of her regular life, aided in part by her wife, friends, and therapist.
According to NAMI, 1 in 5 adults live with some form of mental illness, and 1 in 25 live with a serious mental health condition, including major depression. Sadie is just one person and cannot represent everyone’s story, but readers will identify with her story and perhaps feel less alone because of her.
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