Mexico. Melancholy, Profoundly Right And Wrong, It

Paris, True To Its Promise, Had Been A Place Of Civilized Indecencies, Or Uncivil Decencies.

Many European Countries Are Fascinated With Minorities From The United States. They Still See This Country As A World Power And They Covet That Power...i Was Approached By A Professor Once At The Sorbonne In Paris And Asked About Racism In This Country, And When I Reflected On Racism On The Streets Of Paris - You Know, I'd Be Considered An Arab There -well, She Didn't Want To Address That...it Just Goes To Show It Was Easier For Europeans To Study Racism In The United States Than It Is From Within The Belly Of The Beast.

I Think The Possibilities Are Endless In Terms Of What The Genre Would Be Like. However, In Terms Of Looking For Sources Of Money, I Think We Have To Be Very Careful Not To Fall Into Hollywood's Commodification Of Chicano Culture. We Could Look At The Example Of Piri Thomas, A Successful Puerto Rican Writer Now Living In The Bay Area, Who Has Received Repeated Offers From Hollywood...and He Said He's Not Going To Write About His People Doing Drugs And Going To Jail.

The Writers Who Have Been Serious About Recreating American Literature Have Always Been Far And Few Between. What We Do Have At The End Of The 20th Century That We Didn't Have At The Beginning, At That Time Of The Lost Generation Of Rich White Boys, Is A Mixture. We're Now Getting Gay Writers Of Color, Let's Say, And Women Of Color Being Published. This Is Unprecedented.

Poverty Has Its Advantages. When You're That Poor What Would You Have That Anyone Would Want? Except Your Peace Of Mind. Your Dignity. Your Heart. The Important Things.