
Tin House Live : How to Write a Hoax Poem with Kevin Young
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
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My Heart Susan Smith's Fake Abductor
E.D. Smith's fake abductor is not just a black man but a bet noir a black beast straight after after out of stereotype 101 complete with knit cap white lips and one presumes just out of frame menstrual gloves and brutal imagination the imaginary black man actually speaks his poems or testimonies from the invisible haunted by this imaginary's voice and vision clear and omnipresent. E.D. also uses the voice of quote Charles Stewart in the hospital on uncle Tom in heaven uncle Tom E.D reminds us of fiction who nevertheless has been made real always threatening as an insult or imaginary role black folks might fall into so I'll read a few of his poem called my heart Susan Smith has invented
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