I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my…

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CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we...

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we...

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as...

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as...

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty...

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty...

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property...

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property...

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's...

Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's...

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom...

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom...

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown,...

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown,...

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and...

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and...

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable...

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable...

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see,...

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see,...

I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in...

I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in...

The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the...

The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the...

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight...

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight...

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a...

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a...

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway...

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway...