The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. … - Sherley Anne Williams

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I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

Sherley Anne Williams

The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. . . . Blues is a basis of historical continuity for black people. It is a ritualized way of talking about ourselves and passing it on.

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These is old blues
and I sing em like any woman do.
These the old blues
and I sing em, sing em, sing em. Just like any woman do.
My life ain't done yet.
Naw. My song ain't through.

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This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget - the beatings, the selling, the killings, but I don't think I ever forgive the ignorance they kept us in.

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I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of being in contact with people who are part of a particular audience that really makes a difference to me in writing.

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A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery.

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