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It is my people and traditions that moved the world with song and inspired the world with freedom dreams.

— Imani Perry

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Writing is absolutely the work of freedom. Not just freedom dreaming but being free.

I hope this new collection leads to a revived Shange moment, She published so much and in so many forms. This is new, but it also fits inside a magnificent body of work.

But really, there are so many gems in her archive. If I had my druthers, we’d have a whole shelf of Hansberry titles.

The thread of connection between the emotion, the intellect, and the imagination compels me. In that triangle is something that is fundamentally human.

I hope that it opens more conversations and contemplations.

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