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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism o...more

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I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.

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The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.

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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's sizeBut when I start to tell them,They think I'm telling lies...more