Poets and other performers of all types come out to share, mingle and create.
Poets and other performers of all types come out to share, mingle and create.
What can I share with the younger generation of Black women writers, writers in general? What can they learn from my experience? I can tell them not to be afraid to feel and not to be afraid to write about it. Even if you are afraid, do it anyway. We learn to work when we are tired, so we can learn to work when we are afraid.
Audre Lorde, “My Words Will Be There”, printed in I am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde
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