The First Book

I gave up on "speaking truth to power" when I remembered our oppressors will never read my poetry.

I believe that's what most writers want—to share an experience that adds complexity to life and resonates with something someone hasn't been able to say yet.

Believe in your story. Be persistent. Be creative and find ways around the roadblocks.

If the writing process is healing, and if this healing process shapes the narrative, then maybe the reading experience can stimulate aspects of the same healing process.