On incorporating various perspectives in her works in “Dael Orlandersmith Is a Poet of Life’s Complexity” https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/12/11/dael-orlandersmith-is-a-poet-of-lifes-complexity/ in American Theatre (2015 Dec 11)
“I’m a terrible salesman,” he finally said. “I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 12 “Springfield” (p. 250).
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