"As far as I can tell, writing the essays didn't change the way I wrote poetry. Although the essays contain scattered passages that might be called lyrical, they often contain closed statements of what is only suggested in the poetry."

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Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.

Pattiann Rogers

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“I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.”
“Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.”
“As far as a career legacy, I just want to be known as the guy everyone had to watch for, constantly.”

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“Perhaps...the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.”
“People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others. It's a sign of immaturity.”
“When using dialect, use it lightly. A dialect word here and there is enough. All you want to do is suggest. Never let it call attention to itself.”
“Shura, Iâ€™m yours. You may not like it today, you may not want it tonight, you may wish for it all to be different now, but it remains, and I remain, as always, only yours. Nothing can change that. Not your wrath, your fists, your body or your death.”
“The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.”

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