Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press was an activist feminist press started in 1980 by author Barbara Smith at the suggestion of her friend, poet Audre Lorde.
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In every way you may please yourself;
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Dallas: Well, mostly yellow.
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Dallas: Mostly yellow.
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