WNYC got me at least one new fan. (Actually, a lot of people liked my sound bites.) Derek Fordjour is “a 32-year-old African-American painter, living and working in New York”:
Congratulations on your interview with WNYC. I have not heard about you until now. I visited your blog and checked out some of your archives. It’s great to know that someone like you exists. Your writing is fresh and entertaining and I have not traditionally been a fan of blogs.
Your writing helps humanize a world that is often alienating and esoteric. It also helps give hope to an outsider of finding a way in some day.
P.S. Love your hair!
Oh, Derek. Flattery will get you everywhere!