Jamila Woods
When I started writing poetry, it was always in very hip-hop influenced spaces: Someone would teach a Nas song side-by-side with a Gwendolyn Brooks poem, and we'd talk about the connections between those things.
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You don't always win your battles, but it's good...Real fatherhood means love and commitment...I must not write a word to you about politics...Art is born of humiliation...A false friend and a shadow...Could a greater miracle take place than for us...