I have died too many deaths that were not mine.

Poetry is not a luxury.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.

Tell them about how you're never really a whole person if you remain silent, because there's always that one little piece inside you that wants to be spoken out, and if you keep ignoring it, it gets madder and madder and hotter and hotter, and if you don't speak it out one day it will just up and punch you in the mouth from the inside.

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.

I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use.