- Sister
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Invisible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the story are less read, and I lose interest.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first novel, 'Leaving Atlanta,' took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized by a serial murderer that left at least 29 African-American children dead.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020