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Terrance Hayes Quotes

born 1971 United States

Terrance Hayes (born November 18, 1971) is an American poet and educator who has published five poetry collections. His 2010 collection, Lighthead, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2010.

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I too, having lost faith
in language, have placed my faith in language.

Lighthead (2010)

I have a line in the last book about how to draw an invisible man, and it says, “I’m trying to be transparent.” I don’t actually want to be invisible, which is the dilemma of people of color, but I would like to be transparent, so people can see what my issues are, good and bad. I just try to be transparent and very present, and then see what happens.

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