Quote of the day
His own image... was no longer the reflection of a clumsy, dirty, gray bird, ugly and offensive. He himself was a swan! Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
Sherley Anne Williams

Born: August 25, 1944
Died: July 6, 1999 (aged 54)
Bio: Sherley Anne Williams was an American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, Jazz poet, and social critic. Many of her works tell stories about her life in the African-American community.
Known for:
- Working Cotton (1992)
- The peacock poems (1975)
- Girls together (1999)
- Some one sweet angel chile (1982)
- Give birth to brightness (1972)






