Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome.

motherhood is the great mesh in which all human relations are entangled, in which lurk our most elemental assumptions about love and power.

There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice...In the end, I don’t think we can separate art from overall human dignity and hope. My concern for my country is inextricable from my concerns as an artist.

We move but our words stand become responsible for more than we intended and this is verbal privilege

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.

Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler - for the liar - than it really is, or ought to be.

When one woman tells her truth, it makes a space for other women to tell their truths.