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About William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

William Eric Waters is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, essayist, educator, criminal-justice scholar, and nonprofit executive. Writing as William E. Waters, he is the author of the epic poem Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass and three poetry collections: Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats, The Black Feminine Mystique, and The Black Blood of Poetry. Under the pen name Easy Waters, he is the author of the novel Streets of Rage and the short-story collection Conundrums: Stories of Law & Justice. His work explores Black history, race, law, punishment, institutional power, accountability, redemption, and resilience.

The Summer of Capri — Chapter 5

Ernest and I emerged on to Court Street, merged right into the lunch hour traffic of people. I spied him looking across the street at Brooklyn Supreme Court. I looked over, at the revolving doors, saw people passing through them. … Continue reading

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The Summer of Capri — Chapter 4

It was 800 hours and I was seated at my desk in my office. There’s a 5” x 7” photo of Mikoon my desk, right near my monitor, which she had placed there as a final, finishing touch, as she … Continue reading

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The Summer of Capri — Chapter 3

Back out on Fulton Street, in front of the building owned by Children Are Our Future, a few young women case workers were gathered, smoking and chatting – mostly venting about birth mothers and foster mothers. They both were driving … Continue reading

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The Black Feminine Mystique

There is something inscrutable about you, Maybe because you’re a Lady of a Thousand Faces. Just when I think I know you, you throw me for a loop. I shouldn’t presume to know the secrets of the sisterhood, Should simply … Continue reading

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The Summer of Capri – Chapter 2

     I exited the office building on Court Street, paused briefly to gather my bearings and take in my surroundings.  It was well after noon and the lunch hour crowd buzzed by me, walking fast and furiously, some purposely.  I … Continue reading

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The Summer of Capri — Chapter 1

             I was sitting in my small office in downtown Brooklyn on Court Street when the buzzer buzzed.  It didn’t annoy me, as the solitary fly had been for the past hour, buzzing by my ears, nose, and eyes.  It … Continue reading

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I Didn’t Fly Last Night

I didn’t fly last night, but 6am this morning I was in the writer’s cockpit, navigating my way through my novel. Did some re-writing and got some writing in to boot. Right now I am on the runway, but plan … Continue reading

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Sorry, Walter Mosley

I had been writing furiously, but the last three days I have let the world of work work against writing every day.  Been writing in my head — I know, that doesn’t count!  Will write and re-write tonight.  Will wake up … Continue reading

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I haven’t called my Muse

Imagine not talking to your woman for three days? No, don’t imagine that. Imagine being alone, or at least not with that woman anymore — such is not writing the past couple of days. Will write tonight and over the … Continue reading

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Inspiration — “Writing Every Day”

Just finished re-reading an essay entitled “Writing Every Day,” by Walter Mosley, in the March/April 2007 issue of Poets & Writers. Writing is a discipline.  It is far too easy, when writing is not one’s primary source of income, to … Continue reading

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