marilynne robinson. marilynne robinson. yeah, absolutely. love her. i love jesmyn ward. i'm and and the truth, the matter is. i love many of the classics class and by classics i don't necessarily mean, you know, aged folks mean some of the popular readers, but also i think it's very important to know that i come from the tradition. i come from the black church tradition. and in the black church tradition, you get the cadence of preachers you get the rhythm, the collar response of the black church. and so as a black boy in rural arkansas, i was a church musician and i always wanted to transfer the beauty of the melody of black music onto the page. right. and and i very few authors who could do that. and so i'm praying and, hoping that i'm to capture that art. i think there's a beauty in black idiomatic expression that deserves to be in print. oh, well, thank you. thank you so much. okay, so brother ernest, your memoir is really a powerful tour de force from dallas, texas, to mali, monrovia, ghana, new york, detroit los angeles, and back. i've never read a memoir from a bl

marilynne robinson. marilynne robinson. yeah, absolutely. love her. i love jesmyn ward. i'm and and the truth, the matter is. i love many of the classics class and by classics i don't necessarily mean, you know, aged folks mean some of the popular readers, but also i think it's very important to know that i come from the tradition. i come from the black church tradition. and in the black church tradition, you get the cadence of preachers you get the rhythm, the collar response of the black church. and so as a black boy in rural arkansas, i was a church musician and i always wanted to transfer the beauty of the melody of black music onto the page. right. and and i very few authors who could do that. and so i'm praying and, hoping that i'm to capture that art. i think there's a beauty in black idiomatic expression that deserves to be in print. oh, well, thank you. thank you so much. okay, so brother ernest, your memoir is really a powerful tour de force from dallas, texas, to mali, monrovia, ghana, new york, detroit los angeles, and back. i've never read a memoir from a bl