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

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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...

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.

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...

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

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...

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...

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students...

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do...

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...