Yes, I really did enjoy Lawrence Hill as well. He answered so many questions about Someone Knows My Name and I really felt that I got to know him as a person sitting there. One thing that I thought was beautiful was when he was talking about the novel and how it was autobiographical in the sense that it was part of him. I never really though about the relationship between an author and their work that way, but I think it is very true. What you produce is really your ideas or how you want to express something. I thought a lot about the writing I have done. There really is so much of a person in their writing. I think about all the poems I wrote for Theo last semester. Basically each one had the mention of water in it. I didn't always intend to include water, but it happened a lot. And yes, I love water. Just kind of amazing how much you can really know about someone without knowing them at all. I also really enjoyed reading the excerpt from Black Berry, Sweet Juice. His style of writing just flowed really well and it was a lot of fun to read. Also, a very interesting topic and how he saw himself identifying as a black person. I find it interesting that people pay so much attention to skin color. I remember reading an article about people in Brazil and how they skin color really had nothing to do with what their nationality was. Most people who had darker skin actually had more heritage from European countries. I really liked the idea of not being able to tell what you really were. Just thought that was interesting...