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In Haitian Mythology There Is The Figure Ghede, Who In West Africa, Is Iku, Whose Role Is To Show "each Man His Devil." He's Represented By A Figure Wearing A Top Hat And Smoking A Cigar. That's My Gig.

Do You Think That Gwendolyn Brooks Would Give An Award To Someone Who Hated Black Women, The Lie That Was Circulated Throughout New York And Reached All The Way Down To Martinique Where I Was A Guest Professor? The Lie Was Circulated By People Who Don't Read My Books.

My Work Holds Up The Mirror To Hypocrisy, Which Puts Me In A Tradition Of American Writing That Reaches Back To Nathaniel Hawthorne.

My Generation Of Writers Has Been Prone To Premature Illness And Death, Especially The Women. When Black Male Writers Meet It's Like A Session Of The American Diabetic Association.

Native Americans Were Driven Off Their Land. Lincoln Even Took Part In The Black Hawk Campaign Against The Native Americans In Illinois. While They Were Being Exterminated And Driven Off Their Land, Whites Were Collecting Assets.