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Robert Jones, Jr.: “The Prophets” (Re-air)

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The Prophets by Robert Jones Junior

When i go back to the earlier drafts, even the first, very first draft that i wrote of this in two thousand six the language is much more plain, it's much more informational. A so as i look at those drafts and i peel back the years, i see how inch by inch, i start to incorporate a more poetic prose,. The pleasure for me in reading robert jones junior's the prophets, is that youre reading a book whose prose is taking an enormous number of risks. Not only are these people being turned gradually into animals, they are also treated with greater respect than the black people in the book. I thought you were really taking extraordinarily great risks in bringing this

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