Author Deborah Mathis

discusses her new book, Sole Sisters: The Joys and Pains of Single Black Women

More black women today are single -- and likely to remain single -- than are married, in numbers that have reached historic heights.

Drawing on interviews with 125 single black women from around the country, journalist Deborah Mathis has compiled a funny, poignant and thought-provoking chronicle of the realities of being single, black and female today.

Deborah Mathis is a print and broadcast journalist, teacher, and author whose work has appeared in countless publications. She is the author of Yet a Stranger and What God Can Do. 

Recorded On: Tuesday, November 27, 2007