The prospect of Hillary Clinton not winning the presidency opens up a vast dark hole, an unknown, beyond which it is impossible to know what would happen to race relations or anything else we, as a county, want to improve. It has surprised me that Trump has done so well. I used to think the clamor for Trump was simply part of the rightwing backlash against eight years of President Obama. But perhaps it is that and more than that. There is a lot of suspicion, fear, mistrust, anger and hatred out there.
Socially and politically, we seem to be living in dire times, worse times than in the past. But there were far worse horrors in our past. The writer'… - Clarence Major
Socially and politically, we seem to be living in dire times, worse times than in the past. But there were far worse horrors in our past. The writer'…
- Clarence Major
Life can be unsettling. Writers have always gravitated to conflict, unhappiness and disturbing themes. We as readers would get bored pretty quickly i… - Clarence Major
Life can be unsettling. Writers have always gravitated to conflict, unhappiness and disturbing themes. We as readers would get bored pretty quickly i…
I've never considered soundtracks for what I write. Nor have I considered computer drawing or painting. As a painter, I'm still trying to perfect wha… - Clarence Major
I've never considered soundtracks for what I write. Nor have I considered computer drawing or painting. As a painter, I'm still trying to perfect wha…
Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American writers, for me, wer… - Clarence Major
Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American writers, for me, wer…
The prospect of Hillary Clinton not winning the presidency opens up a vast dark hole, an unknown, beyond which it is impossible to know what would ha… - Clarence Major
The prospect of Hillary Clinton not winning the presidency opens up a vast dark hole, an unknown, beyond which it is impossible to know what would ha…
My fiction is based on both my own experience transformed, altered, juggled and changed to suit the demands of composition, character, and plot. If I… - Clarence Major
My fiction is based on both my own experience transformed, altered, juggled and changed to suit the demands of composition, character, and plot. If I…
In the interest of the ethical and moral health of the country, the writer, the poet, the artist, the thinker, must hold a mirror up his or her count… - Clarence Major
In the interest of the ethical and moral health of the country, the writer, the poet, the artist, the thinker, must hold a mirror up his or her count…
A muse is something that serves a poet well early in his or her career. In later years one writers out of one's own driven inspiration. One learns to… - Clarence Major
A muse is something that serves a poet well early in his or her career. In later years one writers out of one's own driven inspiration. One learns to…
The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into art; and art becomes the vehicle on w… - Clarence Major
The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into art; and art becomes the vehicle on w…
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