The Translucence of My Father

"My grandfather's family is from London, England, but they were colonialist, industrial diamond people," he says. "And this is why I sometimes, much to the chagrin of my friends, pause a little bit on the phrase 'African American' because Grant is possibly the whitest person I've ever met." Balfour used to be an editor at The Weekly World News and conducted his wife's first wedding.