As A Poet And Writer,

I Am A Stranger, Learning To Love The Strangers Around Me

Revolution Always Unfolds Inside An Atmosphere Of Rising Expectations.

As I Think About Anyone Or Anything -- Whether History Or Literature Or My Father Or Political Organizations Or A Poem Or A Film -- As I Seek To Evaluate The Potentiality, The Life-supportive Commitment And Possibilities Of Anyone Or Any Thing, The Decisive Question Is Always Where Is The Love?

To Tell The Truth Is To Become Beautiful, To Begin To Love Yourself, Value Yourself. And That's Political, In Its Most Profound Way.

Overall, White Men Run America. From Nuclear Armaments To The Filth And Jeopardy Of New York City Subways To The Cruel Mismanagement Of Health Care, Is There Anything To Boast About?