I'm Happy To Be Part Of This

My Models Were Oral, Were Storytellers. Like My Grandmothers And My Aunts. It's True, A Lot Of People In My Life Were Not Literate In A Formal Sense, But They Were Storytellers. So I Had This Experience Of Just Watching Somebody Spin A Tale Off The Top Of Her Head. I Loved That.

Their Maker, She Said, Gives Them The Sky To Carry Because They Are Strong. These People Do Not Know Who They Are, But If You See A Lot Of Trouble In Your Life, It Is Because You Were Chosen To Carry Part Of The Sky On Your Head. -pg. 25

There [haiti] Were Also Leaders Like Jean-jacques Dessalines, Whose Motto Was, "cut Their Heads Off, Burn Their Houses."

We Try To Keep The Beautiful Memories, But Other Things From The Past Creep Up On Us.

I Think It's Hard To Write A Book About Happiness Because Fiction Requires Tension And Complication.