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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
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“The literary establishment continues to privilege work that’s just a touch removed, “refined” they would call it. Writers who tone down their anguish, their rage, their nontraditional, “deviant” choices are perceived as more skilled, more worthy of critical acclaim. This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are “allowed” to tell as people of color.”
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
“It kept coming back to joy-- how could I live a life filled with it? And always, the answer that came back to me was "Write."
... I am here because of the indigenous people of this country, because of the enslaved people who were here before me, the young people of the civil rights movements who fought hard to get me to this moment.
My biggest responsibility is to recognize that I am part of the continuum, that I didn't just appear and start writing stuff down. I'm writing stuff down because Andre Lorde wrote stuff down, because James Baldwin wrote stuff down... and all the people who came before me -- set the stage for my work. I have to keep all of that in my heart as I move through the world, not only for the deep respect I have for them, but also for my own strength.
So my advice to other young writers: Read widely. Study other writers. Be thoughtful, Then go out and do the work of changing the form, finding your own voice, and saying what you need to say. Be fearless. And care.
The fact that young people continue to rise brings me such joy. They are where I look to find my hope.
-- "Continue to Rise: A Conversation with Jacqueline Woodson”
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
... I am here because of the indigenous people of this country, because of the enslaved people who were here before me, the young people of the civil rights movements who fought hard to get me to this moment.
My biggest responsibility is to recognize that I am part of the continuum, that I didn't just appear and start writing stuff down. I'm writing stuff down because Andre Lorde wrote stuff down, because James Baldwin wrote stuff down... and all the people who came before me -- set the stage for my work. I have to keep all of that in my heart as I move through the world, not only for the deep respect I have for them, but also for my own strength.
So my advice to other young writers: Read widely. Study other writers. Be thoughtful, Then go out and do the work of changing the form, finding your own voice, and saying what you need to say. Be fearless. And care.
The fact that young people continue to rise brings me such joy. They are where I look to find my hope.
-- "Continue to Rise: A Conversation with Jacqueline Woodson”
― Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993
― The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993
