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  • Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice. Because I must keep the spirit of my revolt and myself alive. Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it. I write because life does not appease my appetites and hunger. I write to record what others erase when I speak, to rewrite the stories others have miswritten about me, about you. To become more intimate with myself and you. To discover myself, to preserve myself, to make myself, to achieve self-autonomy. To dispel the myths that I am a mad prophet or a poor suffering soul. To convince myself that I am worthy and that what I have to say is not a pile of shit. To show that I can and that I will write, never mind their admonitions to the contrary. And I will write about the unmentionables, never mind the outraged gasp of the censor and the audience. Finally, I write because I’m scared of writing but I’m more scared of not writing. Gloria Anzaldúa, Speaking in Tongues
  • Ursula K. Le Guin’s acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
  • N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award Acceptance Speech
  • Omar El Akkad’s acceptance speech for the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
  • To Hold the Grief & the Growth: On Crip Ecologies by Kay Ulanday Barrett
  • Femme Futures by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
  • 25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses