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Tributaries: A Conversation with Robin Coste Lewis

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Understanding as Erasure

Believing we understand black representation erases it. Embracing the unknown and mystery is key. The speaker's grandmother experienced the Great Depression, emphasizing self-reliance through backyard gardens and bartering in Louisiana, a fertile region.

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