from Cheryl Clarke's "Epic of Song"

From a diva to her young, loud protege:

"...in Chicago, you got to tone it down.

Stop usin all them notes. Start tuckin

em in, drippin em out, moistenin th'air.

Not always pourin down rain."

- Cheryl Clarke, in Humid Pitch

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Also recent reading: geri_chan's post on (among other things) playing Spot the Asian when she watches tv.