“Underground Railroad”

“Underground Railroad”

“Underground Railroad” By Colson Whitehead Please read this book. Reading black writers helps me put the madness of this week into a manageable hierarchy of human experience. In short, I’ve been so deeply depressed, I’ve barely been able to...
Heading home to LA!

Heading home to LA!

Did I know that Kansas City, MO was so lovely? No? Well it is! Spent 2 days with the MFA Theatre students and with Ricardo Khan and Sibusiso Mamba (South African writer/actor who now lives and works in London) doing an intensive on Freedom Summer 1964 and South...
My new project: “Freedom Summer”

My new project: “Freedom Summer”

Butterflies congregating in my stomach. Yikes! A new project looms! God, please give me the strength, the energy, the heart and the brains to do a better-than-good job! Thank You!! Taking the train to Kansas City, the University of Missouri, to begin writing/work on a...