If you could drink tea (or whiskey) with any author, who would she be?

I asked myself this question when I was at Barnes and Noble with my husband. We were doing our weekly loitering session, reading magazines we wouldn't buy and nursing cups of coffee in the cafe area.

I just finished reading an interview Alice Walker in Bust Magazine and then another interview she did for Yes! Magazine. I almost forgot how awesome Walker was and then I landed myself into a full on daydream session.

Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou and I are hanging out on an old porch, sitting in rocking chairs and sipping on tea or bourbon. We're just shootin' the shit. Talking about life and being strong black women. I don't know. I haven't given too much thought about this!

They're all still alive and perhaps it's still in the cards for me to have a porch meeting with them. Maybe they could help me workshop some of my poems? Uhg, no that's boring. I think I want to hear the salacious tales of Maya's dancing days.

What would you be doing with your favorite writer?