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Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism.

~Audre Lorde

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: February 18th, 1934

Died: November 17th, 1992

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