June Jordan once said something which is just wonderful. I'm paraphras…

Audre Lorde
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June Jordan once said something which is just wonderful. I'm paraphrasing her-that her function as a poet was to make revolution irresistible. Well o.k. that is the function of us all, as creative artists, to make the truth, as we see it irresistible. ✨ Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde, p.198, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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