Black Literature Is Taught As Sociology, As

I'm A Writer In The World. I Translate The Confusion That I Might Feel, The Dread That I Know I Feel, Moving Towards Some Other Place, Moving Away From Puny Language, From All That Dread Into Some Other Kind Of Language.

From My Point Of View, Your Life Is Already A Miracle Of Chance Waiting For You To Shape Its Destiny.

When You Know Your Name, You Should Hang On To It, For Unless It Is Noted Down And Remembered, It Will Die When You Do.

Definitions Belong To The Definers, Not The Defined.

It Would Be Ten Years Before They Saw Each Other Again, And Their Meeting Would Be Thick With Birds.