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The title of my Substack is in honor of Anna Julia Cooper.
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Here’s the quote from which I glean: “Only the Black woman can say when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me.”

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Author of When We Talk to God: Prayers and Poems for Black Women, coming in May 2025. Filtering life, faith, anger, and peace through the lens of my experience, my social location, and my God.

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Author of When We Talk to God: Prayers and Poems for Black Women (May 2025). Substack: When and Where I Enter https://sharifahstevens.substack.com