I'm Sure That You Could Go Back

American Cultural Institutions Seem So Bent On Preserving The Values Of "western Civilization," The Mythical "whitetown," That Welearn About One Another's Cultures The Same Way We Learn About Sex: In The Streets.

Richard Price, Who Has Made A Fortune Writing Fake Ghetto Books, Says He Takes A Cab Into The Ghetto, Transcribes Black Speech For A Brief Time And Returns Home. His Fake Ghetto Books Have Bought Him A Townhouse In Gramercy Park And Home On Staten Island.

I Try To Do What Has Never Been Done Before.

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

I Used To Be A Discipline Problem, Which Caused Me Embarrassment Until I Realized That Being A Discipline Problem In A Racist Society Is Sometimes An Honor.