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""This book details a far more personal journey than I have written about in the past. I have been traveling through the inner territories of male and female relationships: love, partnership, marriage, and family. On this journey I have looked inward, asking the same questions of myself that I am asking of my community.

Hill Harper is the author of the bestsellers Letters to a Young Brother which won two NAACP awards and was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association in 2007, and New York Times bestseller Letters to a Young Sister. Hill was named Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 2008 and 2009 by the NAACP Image Awards for his role on CSI:NY. His numerous other credits include The Skulls, He Got Game, Lackawanna Blues and The Sopranos. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Brown University and cum laude with a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He also holds a master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government. Named one of People Magazine's sexiest men alive, he lives in Los Angeles. www.theconversationonline.com

Introduction: The Crisis of Our Shared Destiny	p. xiii
The Conversation Begins
Man in the Mirror	p. 3
What We Say, Mean, and Do	p. 15
Letters from Don and Robin	p. 23
He Say/She Say: Who's to Blame	p. 32
What Brothers Want	p. 42
Black Men Speak I	p. 52
What Sisters Want	p. 62
Sisters' Soiree Chat I	p. 65
Mr. And Mrs. Butta Worth
Will Mr. Right Please Stand Up?	p. 75
The Language of Men	p. 82
Nagging	p. 85
Fishing for Compliments	p. 86
Dropping Hints	p. 87
Checking Baggage: The Lightness of Being	p. 95
Status vs. Potential: Looking at the Obamas	p. 102
Trying Not to Sleep in the Bed You Made
Commit-Men-t	p. 111
Black Men Speak II	p. 114
Eros vs. Sex/Lust vs. Love	p. 119
Premarital Sex	p. 127
Contraception	p. 128
Sexual Experimentation and Compatibility	p. 131
Porn	p. 132
Cheating: Reminder Games	p. 136
Black Men Speak III	p. 145
Complicating Matters	p. 149
Dating a Divorcé	p. 150
Dating with Kids	p. 152
Going, Going, Gone: Crossing the Color Line	p. 158
Sisters' Soiree Chat II	p. 166
Black Men Speak IV	p. 175
Pulling Up the Roots
E-Race-ing the Rule	p. 181
Mad Money	p. 188
Anger, Forgiveness, and Learning to Let Go	p. 196
Black Men Speak V: Marriage from a Man's Perspective	p. 202
The Way Forward
The Conversation Party	p. 211
The Morning-After Debriefing	p. 234
Man Up!	p. 236
Three to Be Free	p. 246
Addendum: Conversation Questions	p. 260
Acknowledgments	p. 266
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The Conversation How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships

The Conversation How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships

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