Powell, Patricia 2001

Friday, January 5, 2001

It wasn’t the kind either that would retreat after a tall glass of water, two aspirins or even a mug full of busy tea steamed for several hours. It was like the devil from hell inside him want to come out, but the walls of his throat it seems, were just too narrow.

– Patricia Powell, “A Small Gathering of Bones”

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Project MUSE – An Interview with Patricia Powell

Click for larger view View full resolution The following dialogue took place on paper in March, 1996: Faith Smith gave a list of questions to Patricia Powell, and she wrote her responses and sent them to the editor of Callaloo.

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