I had the pleasure of attending this year's Center for American Progress' Campus Progress national conference in DC and was struck by what was said during a particular session on Hip Hop. As the front of the room filled with other conference participants, I could hear the buzz of individual conversations about the diversity in the room. The panel included Jeff Johnson (moderator), artist M-1, Billy Wimsatt and Angela Woodson. I've admired these Progressive leaders for years and waited with anticipation for the session ahead.

The
emerging writer

On Eighth Street,

A midget
walks up to a bohemian dressed Afro-Mexican girl in the middle of reading the
first chapter of Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy.

Her

I never imagined it would take
eighteen hours to get to Her--Her name I cannot say just yet.