It's a dismally lonely business, writing.

There are times ... when any visitor - in person, by phone, by mail - is an intruder, a burglar, a space hogger, an oxygen taker, a chaos maker, a conflict inducer, a mood chaser, and a total drag.

An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it, the shaping of it that makes for the drama.

What is happening to the daughters of the yam? Seem like they just don't know how to draw up the powers from the deep like before. Not full sunned and sweet anymore.

Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living.