I Am A Writer Perhaps Because I

When You Use The Term Minority Or Minorities In Reference To People, You're Telling Them That They're Less Than Somebody Else.

I Don't Want People Running Around Saying Gwen Brooks's Work Is Intellectual. That Makes People Think Instantly About Obscurity. It Shouldn't Have To Mean That, But It Often Seems To.

My Last Defense / Is The Present Tense.

To Be In Love Is To Touch Things With A Lighter Hand. In Yourself You Stretch, You Are Well.

Each Body Has Its Art.