what i need is traveling minds talktouch kisses spittouch you swimming upstream.

Art... reacts to or reflects the culture it springs from.

Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes us save ourselves, but it will make us move to save others as well.

I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

what i need is traveling minds talktouch kisses spittouch you swimming upstream.

The words loved me and I loved them in return.