Sherley Anne Williams: 5 Quotes by the Poet | QuoteForever

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Poet
1944 - 1999
5 quotes

Sherley Anne Williams, a poet (1944 - 1999), is quoted 5 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Music, Thinking, Continuing and Heritage.

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Sherley Anne Williams / Poet

A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery.

Sherley Anne Williams / Poet

These is old blues / and I sing em like any woman do. / These the old blues / and I sing em, sing em, sing em. Just like any woman do. / My life ain't done yet. / Naw. My song ain't through.

Sherley Anne Williams / Poet

I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of being in contact with people who are part of a particular audience that really makes a difference to me in writing.

Sherley Anne Williams / Poet

This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget - the beatings, the selling, the killings, but I don't think I ever forgive the ignorance they kept us in.

Sherley Anne Williams / Poet

The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. ... Blues is a basis of historical continuity for black people. It is a ritualized way of talking about ourselves and passing it on.

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