nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of images from the book. A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Oprah Magazine Vulture Essence Elle Cosmopolitan Real Simple Refinery 29 She Reads The Everygirl Career Contessa You are carrying in your hands a Black woman’s heart. 256 pages first pub 2021 ISBN/UID: 9780593197141. In-between those two poems are poems filled with Black girl’s secrets and truths. The first poem is I Ain’t Gon’ Be Bald-Headed No More and the last one is Brown Marks. / It is National Poetry Month and we talk this morning with poet Jasmine Mans about her new collection: 'Black Girl, Call Home.' The collection explores the intersection of race. 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.īlack 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. Black Girl, Call Home Jasmine Mans (Author) FORMAT Paperback 15.00 13. Mans takes us on a spiritual journey filled with nostalgia, love, heartbreak, heartache, history, sadness, healing, strength, survival and so much more. With echoes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez, Mans writes to call herself-and us-home.

“ lucid and lyrical lines are as undeniable as those of a pop song yet as arresting as only spoken word artistry can be.” - O, the Oprah Magazineįrom spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, and queer identity. “You are carrying in your hands a Black woman’s heart.”-Jericho Brown, author of Pulitzer Prize winner The Tradition A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Oprah Magazine With echoes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez, Mans writes to call herself-and us-home.

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans