- TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NEGRO GIRLS is a collection of stories that range over several decades, each following a Black girl or woman in D.C. who is grappling with respectability politics, gentrification, and simply trying to be who they are in a difficult world.
- This book skewers a lot of life in D.C., but it and the author also hold a deep love for the city, taking us through many neighborhoods and social strata, showing the reader the many sides of life here outside the halls of power.
- I wanted a hundred more stories in this book. So many of them could be developed into whole novels, and at the same time, so many of them were perfect contained tales.