America: Land of the Overstayers. Of Maya’s Travelling Shoes. Panthers. Richard Feynman & The ‘O’ Ring Investigation. Of Chomsky. Angela Davies. Milwaukee wild growing marijuana. Barb of Peoria (her smile). City size fridges. Of New York pizza. Hot dogs. Hollywood. Of brown paper bags. Of the Brown Paper Bag rule. Of 9/11. Of #BlackLivesMatter. Silicon Valley. Of lynchings. Of the Iroquois. Of the compass-challenged Columbus. Of touchdowns. NASA. Jimi. Mae West. Henrietta Lacks. Breakfast pancakes. Of The Bluest Eye. Amiri Baraka. Texas drawl. Chappaquidick. Jonestown. Motown. Disneyland. Star Wars. Scott’s Packing Crates. Milton Friedman & The Chicago School. Al Capone. Convergence. Citizen. Slaughter. The Simpsons. Drive-bys. Gimme Five. Bug Juice. Watergate. Cornfields. Country bars. Walter Mosley. Wall Street. Enron. Sesame Street. Air-con. Aunties. Uncles. Suitcases. Sojourner’s Trails. The Prison Industry. Broadway. Harlem. The Nuyoricans. Marlboros. Yard Sales. Limos. Emory Douglas. Cindy Sherman. Peace pipes. ICBMs. The Dust Bowl. Tumbleweed. Snipers. Waffles. Constellations. Into this America, I flight my YA novels…...