Please listen to our conversation, where we move toward a definition of Black as distinct from African American, discuss the ways identity impacts the writing process, and suggest methods to identify well-crafted prose.

(The distinguished Hugh Hamilton asked some really real questions, ya’ll!)

We also talk about the conference, which takes place this weekend at Medgar Evers College.

To hear the show, click on the link, scroll down to “Talk Back! Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:00pm,” and hit play. The show opens with a discussion of the war in Iraq and a segment on a corporate watchdog group – both of which are worth listening to but can be fast-forwarded through to get to the National Black Writers Conference segment, which began at 3:20.