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JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR
What makes French's rich psychological portraits so extraordinary is that he has never visited Mississippi or researched its racial practices, nor has he read much serious fiction other than the novels of his cousin John Edgar Wideman (Philadelphia Story). "The writer I admire the most is the person who wrote Black Beauty, the horse book," says French, without a hint of irony. Two more of his novels -- Patches of Fire, about Vietnam, and Holly, an interracial love story set in North Carolina in 1944 -- will soon be published...
...Malcolm X's name is in danger of being commodified out of existence ("X" Potato Chips will soon be on the market) this book restores his complexity. By questioning our assumptions about Malcolm X and American history, Malcolm X: In Our Own Image re-captures what novelist John Edgar Wideman calls "the freeing power of [Malcolm's] example, its witness, its disruptive, revolutionary threat...
...Wideman read a story called "The Newborn Thrown in the Trash Dies." The story, told from a baby's standpoint, kept the audience in a chilling silence...
Kincaid read a portion of one of her books after overcoming her speechlessness following Wideman's reading. She finally shrugged her shoulders and said, "I feel so shallow after that...I'll just read this very quickly." Despite her disclaimers, the audience was very receptive to her presentation...