Smart Billy: Prologue II "A Loss in Translation"

Smart Billy: Prologue II \"A Loss in Translation\"

A Mentor, A Friend, a Priest, A Brother...

I had the honor of working with Chris Abani this Summer at the Port Townsend Writer's Conference. His fierce kindness and ferocious generosity have deeply marked me.

In his own mother's words, "You can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror, but the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you…"

So true, I have been unmade, and I hope to never recover from this generosity. Listen to the man...