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Book 9 Mar 2021

Black Girl, Call Home

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Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
Published
9 March 2021
  • American literature
  • Coming of age
  • Poetry
  • African American women
  • Lesbians
  • Adolescence
  • LGBTQ poetry
  • Stonewall Book Awards

From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, and queer identity.

With echoes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez, Mans writes to call herself—and us—home. Each poem explores what it means to be a daughter of Newark, and America--and the painful, joyous path to adulthood as a young, queer Black woman.

Black Girl, Call Home is a love letter to the wandering Black girl and a vital companion to any woman on a journey to find truth, belonging, and healing.