A review by fusskins
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? A Personal History by Danzy Senna

I'm not sure what I think of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" as a book. I'm not even sure it is a book. It's more of a loosely woven tapestry of thoughts, recollections, feelings, musings and theories. Which is fine by me because this is a truly disturbing, interesting, beautiful, ugly American family saga. The likes of which is written about more often than it is examined. Senna does a good job of showing the futility of applying sociological analysis to real-life situations. When I went to see her speak about this book, she told a story of how a reader asked her how she could write such a negative portrayal of a black man. Her response was something along the lines of this is no 'black man." This is my father. This is what really happened. That very powerful, painful truth is what made kept me riveted throughout the book. Definitely worth reading. And discussing.