but it's crucial we have to talk about margaret walker alexander and i think often what happens for folks outside it's important and he knows he is under explored margaret walker alexandebut margaret walkeralexe who told me that i needed to write to and for my people and as a friend of my mother she told me the difference for your people and to your people.

but it's crucial we have to talk about margaret walker alexander and i think often what happens for folks outside it's important and he knows he is under explored margaret walker alexandebut margaret walkeralexe who told me that i needed to write to and for my people and as a friend of my mother she told me the difference for your people and to your people. as a 17-year-old, i couldn't understand. reading this anthology i finally understood what it meant to be in a community with folks writing for and in some ways putting our community on our back and going where we are going. but i think it is much more daring in this american literary enterprise to write to your folks. it's hard to say that in this room that is mostly white life of a young black folks out there i'm talking to you when i say this, it is imperative. you can't love somebody if you don't communicate to them. we will tell you to communicate over. it is a necessity to understand you come from a people who made a living two and four the deep south. [applause] i think we are out of time. this has been a great panel. [applause]