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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

— Gwendolyn Brooks Black Poetry Writing (1975)

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Truth-tellers are not always palatable.
There is a preference for candy bars.

Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle (1988)

Art hurts. Art urges voyages—
and it is easier to stay at home.

The Chicago Picasso (1968)

You don’t get all your questions answered in this world.

Winnie (1988)

Exhaust the little moment.
Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold it will not come
Again in this identical guise.

As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you.

Report From Part One (1972)

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