Novelist, publisher, and cultural icon Tina McElroy Ansa tells the story of visiting a plantation on St. Simons Island along Georgia's Coast, only to find that something was not right. As she says, "I didn't think it through."

Tina's first novel, Baby of the Family, earned all kinds of accolades, including New York Times Notable. Most recently she edited and published (through her DownSouth Press) an anthology called Meeting at the Table: African-American Women Writing on Race, Culture, and Community. Above all, Tina is an unforgettable human being and a friend I’ve known for two decades.