Anna Deavere Smith Quote

Speaking teaches us what our natural "literature" is. In fact, everyone, in a given amount of time, will say something that is like poetry.


Fires in the Mirror (1993), introduction


Speaking teaches us what our natural literature is. In fact, everyone, in a given amount of time, will say something that is like poetry.

Speaking teaches us what our natural literature is. In fact, everyone, in a given amount of time, will say something that is like poetry.

Speaking teaches us what our natural literature is. In fact, everyone, in a given amount of time, will say something that is like poetry.

Speaking teaches us what our natural literature is. In fact, everyone, in a given amount of time, will say something that is like poetry.