The Peace I Am Thinking Of Is

How Soon Country People Forget. When They Fall In Love With A City It Is Forever, And It Is Like Forever. As Though There Never Was A Time When They Didn't Love It. The Minute They Arrive At The Train Station Or Get Off The Ferry And Glimpse The Wide Streets And The Wasteful Lamps Lighting Them, They Know They Are Born For It. There, In A City, They Are Not So Much New As Themselves: Their Stronger, Riskier Selves.

And Wouldn't You Know He'd Be A Singing Man.

Writing Is Really A Way Of Thinking--not Just Feeling But Thinking About Things That Are Disparate, Unresolved, Mysterious, Problematic Or Just Sweet.

If There's A Book You Really Want To Read, But It Hasn't Been Written Yet, Then You Must Write It.

Black Literature Is Taught As Sociology, As Tolerance, Not As A Serious, Rigorous Art Form.