I Want To Do Some Fiction Writing,

I Was One Of I Think Three White Girls In My School. So, I Was Very Much An Outsider. And Plus I Was Jewish And All Of My Friends Were Black And Baptist Because They Listen To The Coolest Music. We Were All Listening To Ray Charles And What Was Then Called Race Music.

I Think I Grew Up, Stopped Worrying About What People Thought Of Me, And Whether Things Were Going To Turn Out Ok. I'm Concentrating On Doing The Best Work I Can Do And Letting It Go At That.

The Heart Of A City Is The Soul Of A Man It Winds Like A River Through The Heart Of The Land They Can Tear Down A Building They Can Tear Down A Park They Can Strike At A Symbol But They Can't Strike The Heart.

I Started 'society's Child' On A Bus In East Orange As I Was Going Home From School. I Saw A Black And White Couple Sitting There And Started Thinking About It.

I Learned The Truth At Seventeen, That Love Was Meant For Beauty Queens, And High School Girls With Clear Skinned Smiles, Who Married Young And Then Retired.