Christian Teresi is the director of conferences for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), overseeing the largest literary conference and book fair in North America. Born in Albany, New York, he holds degrees from Binghamton University and George Mason University.

Nina Simone Explains Delusions to John Roberts

by Christian Teresi
What unique perspective does a minority student bring to a physics class?
—Chief Justice John Roberts, US Supreme Court, Fisher v. Texas,
December 9, 2015


We were each once innocent—without the protection
Of our lies. Without dragons that each time revealed


Incrementally celebrate the not really and never were.
What passed coolly over forgotten pools and river rock—


Fused between unnamed prairie and unknown delta—
Still stretches unbroken without proclamation. We called


For the dead dog because toddlers do not understand death.
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