I hate those theorist, academic types, and even the not so academic types, who feel the need to categorize and label themselves. It's as if they don't have enough confidence in their own work to let it stand on its own.

I just decided to drop a writing class because the teacher is obsessed with black women writers. Why can't she just promote, read, and like "good" writers. Why must they be black females to be worth her while?

A friend of mine in the academic world has an exhausting... read more

I'm coming out of the closet. No, I'm not discussing my sexual orientation, I'm admitting that I've been a life long voyeur. I'm a pleasure receiver, but not a giver. I have read your blogs. I've been to your poetry readings. I live & breathe literature. I enjoy art and I fill my ears with your music, but I have never given back.

I've always surrounded myself with creative people. Yet I have never been willing to expose my self to the same vulnerability as you have. I've decided ... read more