Letters to a Writer of Color is a collection of essays by writers of color sharing how their experiences, traditions, and expectations (often thrown onto them by) have shaped their writing. One of the main themes is how the writing community often places demands on writers of color that they don't of white authors. Longing to be their authentic self these writers often felt the same demands in their own communities. I felt the longing to be accepted into both while at the same time could see their struggle to carve their own path. Each essay presents emotions and experiences differently, in a way that shows there isn't one way to write.