Michael Kleber-Diggs, How Dare We! Write a multicultural creative writing discourse

“In spite of countless examples to the contrary—Baldwin, Hughes,

Ellison, Morrison, Walker, Angelou, James (and who could hope to fill

such lofty shoes?)—I didn’t think my voice would be valued in the

world. In many ways I still don’t. To the extent that I go forward

anyway, I do so as a result of that helplessness I described earlier. It’s

not that I feel the world hungers for my stories. It’s not that I think

most of what I want to write about is as valued in mainstream

publishing as other stories are. It’s more that I’m resolved to sing my

songs anyway, and I’m content to sing them to those in the world who

want to hear them.”

— Michael Kleber-Diggs, How Dare We! Write a multicultural creative writing discourse

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