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When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety.When ...more

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What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and a...more

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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

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I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition--about what we can endure, dream, fail at and survive.

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I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Colli...more

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When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness...more

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.