The last time you saw Carlos Andrés Gómez  might have been on the February 2007 cover of brass. But he hasn’t been resting on his poetry laurels--he’s taking to the streets… of Africa. I could try and tell you about the trip, but it'd be easier if I just let him speak for himself (after all, that's what he does for a living). Here's what he had to say: I'm leaving on a 6 week trip to Africa that will take me to Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Africa. In Kenya, I'll be visiting survivors of the violence surrounding the elections in Nairobi, in Arusha, Tanzania, meeting with 2 exiled Black Panthers (Pete O'Neil and Charlotte O'Neil), interviewing survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, and then wrapping up the trip in Durban, South Africa as the United States poetry representative at the Poetry Africa festival (an annual gathering of poets/writers from around the world). The purpose of Carlos' trip is to further his work as the creative producer/mentor of the documentary film, Myth of the Motherland. He's also doing research for a play he's developing called A World Without Fathers.  To top it all off, the trip is being paid for by a grant that Carlos received from the Harlem Stage Fund for New Work. That's taking networking to a whole new level. Best of luck, Carlos. --Jens

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