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  • I am particularly conscious of my connection to the poets of the Harlem Renaissance because I, too, am a Black poet, born into, and shaped by, the very community in which those poets of the past produced so much of the work we associate with the Harlem Renaissance. We speak from the same place, both literally and metaphorically.

    Past   Community   Black  
    Source: www.hbook.com
  • Each of us is tied, in some fashion, to the past. We are all part of a continuum.

    "Five questions for Nikki Grimes". Interview With Horn Book, www.hbook.com. February 6, 2017.
  • For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

    Heart   Coconuts   Knows  
    Nikki Grimes (2003). “Bronx Masquerade”, p.42, Penguin
  • Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. Thats just the nature of the beast.

    Stories   Way   Beast  
  • There's something about a blank page that makes me tingle.

    Diaries   Pages   Blank  
  • When I think of the Harlem Renaissance, I think of bright colors, and bold, dynamic art. African American artists of the period were, in large measure, breaking out of the constrictions white society had set for them. They were claiming and remaking their own images, and doing so in bold and striking ways.

    Art   Thinking   Color  
    Source: www.hbook.com
  • I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me.

  • Look around. Take the tour. Fear hangs on the wall and shame sometimes. Emotional dislocation too. But I am brave in my admission. Are you? When no one is looking, I check to see if anyone seems as scared as me, or lonely, or shy, or insecure. Is it just me? I'm not so sure. Is your heart an onion too? Show me yours, I'll show you mine we used to say. Your turn. Peel away.

    Lonely   Wall   Heart  
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