"Genre categorization is a capitalist (rather than artistic) thing, a symptom of marketing and major-chain bookshelf placement."

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In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing - an object to be understood and shaped into my own sense of self, the same is true of the play, the novel, the short story. Yet, for some reason, I approach these existing genres with the kind of confidence that the reggae artist approaches any song floating around out there.

— Kwame Dawes