"I can only speak for myself. But what I write and how I write is done in order to save my own life. And I mean that literally. For me literature is a way of knowing that I am not hallucinating, that whatever I feel/know is."

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Source: Barbara Christian (2010). “New Black Feminist Criticism, 1985-2000”, p.49, University of Illinois Press

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Barbara Christian

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Barbara Christian was a prominent scholar and advocate for African American literature, known for her influential critiques and focus on identity.

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