1980. An 8-page author questionnaire filled out, in both type and pencil, by Knight prior to the publication of his collection Born of a Woman. Knight declines to answer the majority of the questions posed, but is creative about the ones he does answer: Is there a title you prefer used with your name? "Poet Ether." Avocations or hobbies? "My avocation is Freedom; my hobby is freedom." A summary of the book? "I hope my poems are experiential, essential, and communicative. Experiential in that they are the record of the experience of one Black Male Human/Being living in the United States of America NOW. Essential in that they are the essence of ME, flowing in the UniVerse, from my/self/through the Poem to the People, and back to ME," etc. For people who might provide comment, Knight lists Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Bly, Amiri Baraka, Denise Levertov, and Alice Walker. Brooks eventually wrote the book's preface. Previously folded; publisher's notations (crossing out the above names as they were sent galleys); near fine. [#036708] $750