So the specificity of being a woman writer that emerges in the work passes without notice. Art is a universe. Genre is a form of expression. I can express myself through this genre without impeding the permeating and traversing of my feminine and black qualities. I don't need to be talking about whips and slavery to write black literature.
Art is freedom, liberation.
My art is engaged with me. I am a black, a woman, a single mother, an entrepreneur, a daughter, a public servant, a militant. I have blocks, limitations, and I don't always manage to express myself. If I can't say it in a story, I'll say it in a poem. If I can't say it in a poem, I write a novella.