“Gorgeously written, This Thread of Gold is a love letter to Black women everywhere, a recognition of the skills, sacrifices, and salvations we have offered each other and the world. Catherine Joy White weaves together a beautiful homage to the past, the present and even glimpses of the future of Black women and their communities around the world. It is a gift to ourselves and to the world.”
—Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism

“An essential and overdue meditation on Black womanhood. In offering us this beautifully written work―part memoir, part paean, part call to arms―Catherine Joy White has done herself and our ancestors justice. It manages to be poetic yet punchy, enraging yet uplifting, and it transforms our mechanisms for survival and resistance into high art.” ―Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton

“Catherine Joy White does an exquisite job at weaving this narrative, much like her metaphor of a thread of gold. I saw so much grace and depth extended to Black woman in her own community as well as the larger community of Black women across time. I kept putting down the book just to reflect, and was constantly mesmerized by her storytelling. This is the type of book I wish I had written for my own communities. It is such a wonderful read.” —Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts

“I am still marveling at what Catherine Joy White has accomplished with This Thread of Gold. She recognizes the struggles, historical and contemporary, facing Black mujeres, and yet her focus is on celebration, on nourishment, on the kinds of stories I wish I had grown up hearing. This book will delight you, feed you, and sustain you in the years ahead.” —Daisy Hernández, PEN Literary Award-winning author and co-editor of Colonize This!

“I was immediately captivated by the poetry in Catherine Joy White’s This Thread of Gold. Her words pulse with joy, legacy, and mischief.” ―Gugu Mbatha-Raw, actress