Object: A ring from Morocco

Occupation: playwright / poet / performer

Age: 55

Location: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

I love BOOKS / the smell of books. Old bookstores particularly have that feel. I love the fact that people come to WRITE in Housing Works as well.. it feels like communion...it's beautiful.

I bought it in a store near where I live in the East Village.

Africa is the beginning of civilization and this ring kind of reflects that for me.

I find Moroccan culture /clothing /FOOD gorgeous.

I wear this wear this ring when I go out and for some strange reason I feel protected. I'm not sure why that is . Maybe it's ancestral and I also wear it when I'm writing .. ideas come /haunt when I write .. I love that.