online home of young adult author sumayyah daud. “A woman-of-color
who writes poetry or paints or dances or makes movies knows there is
no escape from race or gender when she is writing or painting. She
can’t take off her color and sex and leave them at the door or her
study or studio. Nor can she leave behind her history. Art is about
identity, among other things, and her creativity is political.”
