Claudia Rankine's Citizen comes at you like doom. It's the best note in the wrong song that is America. Its various realities-'mistaken' identity, social racism, the whole fabric of urban and suburban life-are almost too much to bear, but you… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time? — Hilton Als Copy Share
I think someone like Khandi Alexander, who's now on 'Treme,' is one of the most extraordinary actresses I've seen in years. But she's dependent… — Hilton Als Copy Share
I used to always love taking photos, but I would always give a camera away to someone else. Now I don't give the camera… — Hilton Als Copy Share
If I feel like I haven't really tapped into the essence of the story when I do an assignment, I may revisit it on… — Hilton Als Copy Share
Great sadness can be off putting, hard to comprehend, especially if it hasn't been your experience. It's amazing for me to know now that… — Hilton Als Copy Share
I think that Tyler Perry's genius really has been to tap into the domestic market. He knows what his audience is based on, having… — Hilton Als Copy Share
I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names/subject matter of every person to come in the book.… — Hilton Als Copy Share
People are quick to make monuments of anything they live long enough to control. — Hilton Als Copy Share
Racism seduces us with its desire to categorize, shutting out the living and breathing and 'different' world all around us. — Hilton Als Copy Share
I was so well loved by my mother that if people have any expectations of me I really don't notice because I'm hardest on… — Hilton Als Copy Share
