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I Use Non-fiction Work Written By Whites In My Research. It's Indispensable. That Wasn't The Problem. I Said That "the Wire" Was A Cliché! It's Like My Writing A Series About Jewish Life And Casting All Of The Characters As Inside Traders.

Howard University Holds Something Called "heart's Day," An All Day Ceremony In Which A Writer Is Honored. I Was The Recipient Of This Honor. It's A Wonderful Ceremony That Eleanor Traylor Chair Of English At Howard University Organizes For Writers. Writers From Around The Country Came To Pay Tribute To My Work. It Was Very Flattering.

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.

I Was Roommates With 2 Of The Guys Who Were Influential In Forming The Black Arts Philosophy. I Called Them "goons," And [amiri] Baraka Took Offense At That. But If You Read His Autobiography, The Night We Went Up There For A Fundraiser, He Talks About How He Wished That Some Violence Would Happen To Us. How Do You Like Baraka As A Gracious Host?

Multicultural Is Not A Description Of A Category Of American Writing-it Is A Definition Of All American Writing.