Everything you need to understand or teach Colored Television by Danzy Senna.
In Danzy Senna's novel Colored Television, the protagonist Jane Gibson is determined to finish her second novel while on sabbatical from the university where she teaches. However, the more she works on the book, the more hopeless she becomes. Discouragement with her writing leads Jane to unlikely career choices and relational dynamics as she struggles to reconcile her domestic realities with her fantastical dreams. Told from the third-person point of view, the novel explores themes including fiction, identity, and artistry.