US poet.
Her works deal with the everyday life of urban blacks; the first black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize.
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers."
I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
Poetry is life distilled.
Be careful what you swallow. Chew!
Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.