But we share a mutual respect and history. She still makes me laugh. And I have enduring love and gratitude for what she represents in my memory and in my life. We are both very satisfied with that. Of course, race matters have provided a provocative writing agenda for me.
Writers are like vessels.
Vehicles for ideas. Mostly, it's been positive, although some people have been scandalized that I proposed racial forgiveness. That is, until they read the book. Then he read it, and he said he loved the way it challenged his thinking about forgiveness, which he hadn't considered, and his thinking about race, white people, and himself. He was really gushing about the book on the radio.