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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.

— Imani Perry

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

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

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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