Genetta Y. Hatcher

Not Wanting a Thing to Be the Thing

History & Biography

“As a sixty-something black woman who has recently had to accept the fact that there are some ailments that now require medication, I hungrily attached myself to Mitzi’s story in a way that surprised me, in a way that brought tears to my eyes. I had secretly wondered whether she would write about her ‘thing’ that she didn’t want to be a thing and oh did she ever. Mitzi is a brilliant thinker and riveting writer, and so all her writings have left a part of me forever changed—but this book is personal. In her own words, this is her ‘fight story.’ A story indeed about the ‘civil war’ that erupted in her body. Mitzi has never been one to hold back, but this level of transparency invites every woman to the emergency room where their sacred scars can find a community of hearers. It’s been said that every winner has scars. Thank you, Mitzi, for sharing yours with us and challenging us to fess up and deal with our things that we didn’t want to be a thing.”