CSPAN2 Book TV May 1, 2010
takes note of the following. while killen's attempted to shape is very scenes into a novel, -- this is the king of his first novel, youngblood -- the pool of activism as well as his day job slowed his progress. he faced a contradiction, with which he would wrestle for the next 40 years. the perpetual need for solitude to write, and his insatiable desire -- >> just push it back a bit. >> and his insatiable desire to participate, concretely, -- >> push it back. >> he aimed to be both a writer and an activist who would help on the front lines, unquote. ever since the first human being c...