Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerned with our surfaces.
—Carolyn Kizer
Topics: Face, Faces
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Mark Van Doren American Poet, Critic
Alice Walker American Novelist, Activist
Joyce Carol Oates American Novelist
Mark Strand American Poet, Essayist
Grace Paley American Author
Maya Angelou American Poet
Clarissa Pinkola Estes American Poet
Charlotte Perkins Gilman American Feminist, Writer
Audre Lorde American Poet, Feminist
Lucille Clifton American Poet