“Writing, and especially writing myself in, is my act of protest…We live our theories, but our lives are not theoretical…Each time I dig into my own experience, unpack it, explore it, bear witness to it by putting it into words, somebody, often several people, miles and miles away, thanks me for writing about them, for making their story known…the more of myself I give, the more strangers, complete strangers, say they see themselves in my words. Connecting is an act of love. There is something powerfully humanizing about those connections that writing with honesty brings.”

- Guilaine Kinouani from Living while Black