In Directing Herbert White James Franco writes about making a film of Frank Bidart's poem, Herbert White. Though the main character, Herbert White, is a necrophiliac and a killer, the poem - and the film - are an expression of life's isolation and loneliness.
The subject of racism between blacks and whites in the United States is the central theme of this novel by the author of "One of the Children is Crying", "Island People" and "Mrs October Was Here". A series of encounters between blacks and whites expose the hypocrisy of racism.
