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We are invested in being together. In having friends. In joining our ...
We are invested in being together. In having friends. In joining our ...
How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to ...
How our availability, our showing up, our presence, leaves us open to ...
I don't think people want to look at problems. They want a ...
I don't think people want to look at problems. They want a ...
I always took note of them, because I think if you're in ...
I always took note of them, because I think if you're in ...
I also found it funny to think about blackness as the second ...
I also found it funny to think about blackness as the second ...
I think that one of the positions we have taken around the ...
I think that one of the positions we have taken around the ...
People expect black women to be angry, irrationally so, without reason. They ...
People expect black women to be angry, irrationally so, without reason. They ...
I think music, like writing, can be a mirror. Can turn back ...
I think music, like writing, can be a mirror. Can turn back ...
Poetry is probably the last gift economy. Part of the negotiation is ...
Poetry is probably the last gift economy. Part of the negotiation is ...
Each of these failures for me is a failure of communication, via ...
Each of these failures for me is a failure of communication, via ...
I think the idea that the systemic problems in a society lead ...
I think the idea that the systemic problems in a society lead ...
For instance, if you're a black guy and you got pulled over, ...
For instance, if you're a black guy and you got pulled over, ...
The friends I have, and the people whom I admire, are people ...
The friends I have, and the people whom I admire, are people ...
If you make a mistake, then you should own that mistake.
If you make a mistake, then you should own that mistake.
The world is wrong. You can't put the past behind you. It's ...
The world is wrong. You can't put the past behind you. It's ...
I don't know about forgiving, but it's an "I'm still here." And ...
I don't know about forgiving, but it's an "I'm still here." And ...
The subject who speaks is situated in relation to the other. This ...
The subject who speaks is situated in relation to the other. This ...
I think of the described dynamics as a fluid negotiation. I don't ...
I think of the described dynamics as a fluid negotiation. I don't ...
Yes, and the body has a memory. The physical carriage hauls more ...
Yes, and the body has a memory. The physical carriage hauls more ...
I was at Yale and I said to the poet Elizabeth Alexander, "...
I was at Yale and I said to the poet Elizabeth Alexander, "...
Sometimes the art pieces I gravitate toward speak to me in terms ...
Sometimes the art pieces I gravitate toward speak to me in terms ...
I wanted a feeling of accumulation. I really wanted the moments to ...
I wanted a feeling of accumulation. I really wanted the moments to ...
I'm not investigating race as much as I'm investigating intimacy.
I'm not investigating race as much as I'm investigating intimacy.
Because white men ca' police their imaginations, black men are dying.
Because white men ca' police their imaginations, black men are dying.
Define loneliness? Yes. It's what we can't do for each other.
Define loneliness? Yes. It's what we can't do for each other.
I was really interested in the fact that blacks have high blood ...
I was really interested in the fact that blacks have high blood ...
The idea that when one reacts, one is not reacting to any ...
The idea that when one reacts, one is not reacting to any ...
In the future, we've forgotten it. It's disappointing to find out that ...
In the future, we've forgotten it. It's disappointing to find out that ...
Because white men can't police their imaginations, black men are dying.
Because white men can't police their imaginations, black men are dying.
I think having a term for a condition that is prevalent is ...
I think having a term for a condition that is prevalent is ...
The worst injury is feeling you don't belong so much / to you.
The worst injury is feeling you don't belong so much / to you.
I love revising things, because you see how you can get the ...
I love revising things, because you see how you can get the ...
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