Each Body Has Its Art.

What I'm Fighting For Now In My Work... For An Expression Relevant To All Manner Of Blacks, Poems I Could Take Into A Tavern, Into The Street, Into The Halls Of A Housing Project.

I Don't Want People Running Around Saying Gwen Brooks's Work Is Intellectual. That Makes People Think Instantly About Obscurity. It Shouldn't Have To Mean That, But It Often Seems To.

I Know That The Black Emphasis Must Be Not Against White But For Black.

At A Certain Moment In Social Proceedings, I Am On Fire To Leave: I Have A Leaving-fit.

There Can Be No Whiter Whiteness Than This One: An Insurance Man's Shirt On Its Morning Run.