Odd. I expect my body to follow me or me to follow it. Inseparable. One perhaps. Necessity perhaps. United against a world that is as unaware, as unconcerned about me as each part is of every other part.
I expect the blindness of one part to another part won’t end. I expect the lie of color not to cure blindness.
I expect Nat Turner. I expect he will die again for the sin of color.
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John Edgar Wideman’s books include Philadelphia Fire, Brothers and Keepers, Fatheralong, Hoop Roots, Sent for You Yesterday, and Writing to Save a Life. He is a MacArthur Fellow, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award twice, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and a two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He divides his time between New York and France.
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Versions of “Williamsburg Bridge” and “JB & FD” previously appeared in Harper’s Magazine.