"I have always thought of cabaret as a form of political resistance. I think cabaret, at its best, is beautiful, powerful music. Creating beauty in the face of beauty or hate is a very very powerful thing. It allows you to be beautiful, have a rich inner life and to express that outwardly."
"Poet is my first identity," the gay-identified poet says. "I feel as much a poet as I am Black, as I am gay. All those identities stand together, and they speak to each other, and they open the door to a world I can be in."
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