Silence is the first thing within the power of the enslaved to shatter. From that shattering, everything else spills forth.

The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.

... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books--with one hand.

... life is a comedy far darker than drama. It just takes time to learn what to smile at.

For a poet, making poems is a way of viewing the world, being in the world, breathing.

Carry yourself as one who will change the world, because you will.

Metaphor is the energy charge that leaps between images, revealing their connections.