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Quotes from Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems — Ntozake Shange

born 1948 United States

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We must not let our oppression deny us the earth.

Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems (2017)

Hopefully, these characters bring us closer to a sense of self: honest and honored. Icons: Toussaint L'Ouverture to José Martí to lesser known heroes, Atahualpa and Denmark Vesey. We lace our visions with Celia Cruz and Aretha Franklin.

Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems (2017)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ntozake Shange (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.