A Guy in a Black SUV.A GUY IN A BLACK SUV As I slowly inch toward the toll booth A guy in a black SUV Cuts In front of me Pretends I'm not there Edges forward In his massive black machine I mutter but I do nothing However If this guy had done This To my mother She would Without a second's hesitation Slam her car into his Leap out Of hers Smash his windshield With a crow bar While swearing at him Like a wild woman And as the guy would Jump out of his vehicle Running toward her Screaming "Are you crazy?" She would swiftly kick him in the nuts And as he would crumble to the ground Holding his privates (This magnificent fury Beyond his comprehension) He would simply reiterate "Are You crazy?" What a woman William J. Harris teaches American Literature American literature, literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in , African American Literature African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. The genre traces its origins to the works of such late 18th century writers as Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, reached early high points with slave narratives , Creative Writing and Jazz Studies at the University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. . He is the author, among other works, of The Poetry and Poetics of Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka (born October 7, 1934) is an American writer of poetry, drama, essays and music criticism. Biography Early life Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey. : The Jazz Aesthetic, editor of The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader, and co-editor of Call & Response: The Riverside Anthology of the African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Literary Tradition. Presently, he is at work on a group of essays on African American poetry and a collection of poems. |
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