Greenlee explains difficulties

              spook' author
Greenlee explains difficulties
Oy Jotwi 0. Towm Act very Important. | s I waya pcrs, but In the U. S. ll was
n .   _ «■ mw i* write opcclflcslly tor a black only reviewed In the Midwest
u-iy tfvpuansunnot*' audience    because    white   au- by   tbe    Chicago  Sun  Times.
Sam Greenlee, a wrller wlio dlencea don't care what >ou aay      He said his major project is
wan for aome time unable to •■ long aa It Is for their tene- to try io gel s motion picture
rind an Amerlcanpubllehorfor lit." he said. made  of  his book. Greenlee,
hla   book,   "The   Spook   Who      Greenlee pointed out that hla s graduate of the Unlvcraltyof
Sat by the Door," haa been Ice- book waa choaen for the book Wisconsin, said he Is currently
luring   and   holding  Informal of   the   year   by  the   l.ondon working on a  book which he
•dlacuaslons   St   SIU sine* his Times   snd Ihc  London Tele- hopea   to hare publlahed next
arrival here laat Wednesday. S'*ph.   two  Engllab newapa- year.
Greonlee,   appearing   under
the    Black   American  Studlea
Lecture    Serlea,    vlalicd    the
Marlon Prison Wedneaday and
I hold   a  formal   dlacuaalon on
social, lltorsry and political
' Issues with Inmates.
? Gresnlce said that because
he -a- unable to 11nd an American publisher who waswllllng
to publlah his book he lud to
go 10 Kngland to have It done.
"The   difficulties   I   had   In
! letting the book publlahed were
not unique, but are iho ssme
that   moai   black  writers   go
through*1' he aald.
"I wrote the book In 1966
and It waa not published until
late 196*), |i wss rejected 24
times andonopubllahorwanted
me lo delete the Uat chat-tor.
lUntam Docks hole In Ihe U.S.
finally publlslaed It,*' bo explained.
lie said the answer lor
blacks who have been rejected
try white racist publlabors Is to
seek black piblUhsra.
Greenloo said bo thinks hla
rule ss a black writer la to
make black people Incrrae-
Ingly aware Of their black
culture and to encourage them
to make contributions In the
way they feel  is  nrcessary.
Greenlee said he spends a
great deal of lime talking co
groups Including high school
and college atudtats. "I don't
make any money doiog thla,
but tf I talk to white folks
for money, I can talk to black
folks   for.  free.**   he   added.
"I amturcenflywrbingpoetry, sbort fUtton and children's atones, wMch I cows I-