Loving Day

"Mat Johnson likes to say that being biracial is an optical illusion: The son of an African-American mother and an Irish-American father, Johnson grew up looking white but feeling black. Loving Day is his satirical take on what it means to be biracial in America. In it, Warren Duffy, who shares some biographical traits with Johnson, discovers during a midlife crisis that he has a teenage daughter. His desire to make her comfortable in her biracial skin leads him to a mixed-race commune full of odd characters and misfits. Johnson’s heightened awareness of racial ambiguity, coupled with a keen sense of humor, are on full display."

"Loving Day, by Mat Johnson, about a man who describes himself as a racial optical illusion. Among other fine moments is a particularly delicious one featuring a broken condom."