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Ishmael Reed

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"Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."

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"Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."

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"I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor."

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