I Try To Show What

I Didn't Know Writers Could Be Real Live People, Because I Never Knew Any Writers.

As An African-american, As A Woman I Think That I've Been Sensitized To The Way In Which History Privileges The White Male And The Way In Which Certain Aspects Of History, The Things That We Are Taught In School, The Things That Are Handed Down Never, Never Entered The Picture Though They Might Have Been Very Important.

What Is Ironic Is That Allen Ginsberg's Importance Was In Its Twilight For So Many Years That It Took His Death To Bring It To The Front Page. He Electrified An Entire World!

I Was Apprehensive. I Feared Every Time I Talked About Poetry, It Would Be Filtered Through The Lens Of Race, Sex, And Age.

I've Always Been Intrigued By The Way History Works, The Way We Decide What Is Mentioned.