2/20/2010

When Essex Speaks

Essex Hemphill is the late poet whose musings about race and sexuality resonate well into the 21st century.

Perhaps the best evidence of his legacy is the numerous times his name appears in online profiles under favorite authors.

All the more reason it gives me great pleasure to digitally preserve my Q&A with this literary legend in Interview with Poet Essex Hemphill (1957-1995).