When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.

In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of.

I think all artists are looking for a subject or are sometimes unsure of their subject, but immigrant artists bring another culture to that and they bring also the place where the original culture meets the new culture.

If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.

This was a "bad" example for U.S. slaves. Haiti was subjected to an embargo from the United States, which, along with many other countries, refused to recognize this new republic.

I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.

They say behind mountains are more mountains.