Sherley Williams – from Fresno to La Jolla Sherley and I were the same age, both of us writers, both of us descendants of slaves. In 1966 we became the first in our respective families …
André had always spoken of the possibility of a miracle. Maybe he never stopped believing in one.
Posted December 23, 1998
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December 23, 1998