It was the singing, however, that I heard most clearly. In my dreams and in my waking: calls not just from somewhere, but from some time, beckoning, laughing, scolding, demanding to be heard. Not only was the subject matter too uncharted but the psychic weight of it felt too heavy to dredge up. Or rather, I didn't know if I could be the one to tell it. I didn't know if the story of The Prophets could be told. But we continue to write because it is beyond our control. There is often a sense in writers that their work is There is often a sense in writers that their work is never good enough, can never be good enough. discusses the driving force that led to his debut novel, The Prophets, about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation. Interview In a letter to his readers, Robert Jones Jr.
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