How to Date a Black Girl
A literary novel for adults about love, power, and perception — examining how race, intimacy, and belonging collide in the stories we tell about each other.
When Megan returns with a shared dream and unfinished desire, Taylor must choose between the safe life she built—or the one she still wants.
How to Date a Black Girl explores what happens when attraction, culture, and identity meet the expectations we inherit and the myths we perform. Set between classrooms, corporate offices, and creative circles, the novel follows characters who are trying to love honestly in a world that keeps asking them to explain who they are.
Intimate, satirical, and sharply observed, the book invites readers to question not just who we desire — but how desire itself is shaped by history, language, and power.
Author’s Note: My creative roots are in visual storytelling. I studied Art History and Visual Arts at Princeton University, where I deepened my video, photography, and documentary practice — a practice that began in childhood. That early fascination with how images shape identity continues to inform my fiction, coaching, and leadership work — and lives at the heart of How to Date a Black Girl, a story about visibility, vulnerability, and the art of seeing one another clearly.
Related Work: The themes of How to Date a Black Girl echo the I’m Here Too Podcast, where I explore identity, creativity, and belonging through conversation.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Entertaining rom com from start to finish
“I ordered this book because I enjoy what Ara posts on their insta, and I'm so glad I did! This book is made to be a movie or Netflix limited series—I could easily imagine every scene. Ara is great with the dialogue, each character is distinct and the story moved fluidly and quickly, with just the right amount of anticipation and suspense. I recommend this book for anyone who wants a well-written, entertaining, romantic novel.”