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My Novels And Poems Are Meant To Be Read Aloud. That's Why Jazz Musicians Have Been Able To Adapt My Stuff.

I Think I Have A Pugnacious Style. My Style Is Not Pretty. I Don't Use Words Like "amber" Or "opaque."

I've Always Wondered Why European Politicians As A Group Seemed Brighter Than American Politicians As A Group. Maybe It's Becausemany American Politicians Have The Race Issue To Fall Back On. They Become Lazy, Suspicious Of Innovative Ideas, And As A Result American Institutions Atrophy.

Do You Think That Gwendolyn Brooks Would Give An Award To Someone Who Hated Black Women, The Lie That Was Circulated Throughout New York And Reached All The Way Down To Martinique Where I Was A Guest Professor? The Lie Was Circulated By People Who Don't Read My Books.

I Was On A Panel With Light Skinned Blacks And A Famous Gay Science Fiction Writer, Who Were Complaining About How Blacks Are Against Gays And Light Skinned Blacks And How Intolerant Blacks Are Of Different Groups. My Position Was That Blacks Were Among The Most Humanistic, Tolerant Groups In The Country And That Across The Street From My House In Oakland Was One Inhabited By White Gays.