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Write about whatever random-ass black thing you want to write about. Or not. The only way that our literature will continue to grow is if we accept and acknowledge that nothing we write will change the hearts and minds of people who don’t want their hearts and minds changed…

— Angela Flournoy

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Any realistic depiction of Detroit should include the blight and frustration that come with living there, but it should also show regular people experiencing joy.

No outside pressure could live up to the pressure I’ve always put on myself as a writer…

There's something universal about the experience of navigating middle life or into middle life, which is that there are just a lot fewer guideposts.

It’s important for African Americans to find sources of pride as society turns away from valuing us.

These women, they don't just have deep emotional lives, but they are, you know, thinking about the world. They're thinking about art. They're thinking about things that are bigger than just reactions to circumstances.

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