“I try to write each piece in the language of the piece, so that I'm not using the same language from piece to piece. I may be using ten or twenty languages. That multiplicity of language and the use of words is African in tradition. And black writers have definitely taken that up and taken it in. It's like speaking in tongues. It may sound like gibberish to somebody, but you know it's a tongue of some kind. Black people have this. We have the ability as a race to speak in tongues, to dream in tongues, to love in tongues.”
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Alexis De Veaux
Alexis De Veaux is an American writer born on September 24, 1948. Her works primarily focus on feminism and gender studies, known for her profound insights and critical thinking. more
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