Through words and images, Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America explores the concept of race in America through the prism of the personal experiences of people of mixed-race heritage. NBC’s Ann Curry and the author Rebecca Walker contributed the Foreword and Introduction respectively. The book won a 2009 International Photography Award, a 2010 Young Voices Foundation Award and was recognized in the 2010 Photo District News Photo Annual. Mike and his co-author, Pamela Singh, discussed the book on NBC’s "Today" Show, NPR’s Weekend Edition, The Tavis Smiley Radio Show as well as other TV, blog, print and radio programs across the country. They have also presented the work at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The book has been acquired by the Science Museum of Minnesota and the American Anthropological Association and included in their joint traveling exhibit called "Race: Are We So Different?" which currently is traveling the country in triplicate through 2015. Library Journal calls Blended Nation "An ambitious, artful, and carefully conceived effort to explore the greater issue of race in America."

Through words and images, Blended Nation: Portraits and Interviews of Mixed-Race America explores the concept of race in America through the prism of the personal experiences of people of mixed-race heritage. NBC’s Ann Curry and the author Rebecca Walker contributed the Foreword and Introduction respectively. The book won a 2009 International Photography Award, a 2010 Young Voices Foundation Award and was recognized in the 2010 Photo District News Photo Annual. Mike and his co-author, Pamela Singh, discussed the book on NBC’s "Today" Show, NPR’s Weekend Edition, The Tavis Smiley Radio Show as well as other TV, blog, print and radio programs across the country. They have also presented the work at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The book has been acquired by the Science Museum of Minnesota and the American Anthropological Association and included in their joint traveling exhibit called "Race: Are We So Different?" which currently is traveling the country in triplicate through 2015. Library Journal calls Blended Nation "An ambitious, artful, and carefully conceived effort to explore the greater issue of race in America."