obviously i was very affected by the writings of alice walker, dream lord, also be work nobel hunt.re are a lot of really dynamic critics. i have very good libraries of writings of black feminism to all lot of literature. i would say that d.c. is definitely a place where you hear those voices. busboys and pellets as a location where some of the best ratings by black feminist critics can be bought. i was part of moments spoken word stage for 14 years which was of very divers the new for women to read poetry into a microphone about identity, black and female, and i participated as well in a lot of readings and were shut. georgetown actually had in the spring of 89 a very intense three day conference. very contentious. one of the issues as to what degree in the addenda -- any woman identifies primarily with her racial ethnic group and then when the focus shifts to being a woman in the community. i will show that in the group of women i am, you know, women. if someone makes an anti-semitic joke that i am jewish and so forth. so what i find is the difficulties bring this material into th