Black Girl You Are AtlasA thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene Watson writesabout her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls

a journalist attempting to capture the violence of the streets

10% polyester

but Rachel is determined not to leave her thirteen-year marriage with nothing

Every meal Grandma cooks comes with a story

Stevie Wonder

she can feel all the other students' eyes on her

and the life she lives

even if it's not reciprocated

Discovered another world

and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing

Isaac's Song is a return to the beloved characters of Don't Cry for Me and a high-water mark in the career of an award-winning author

you will be reawakened to own your worth and understand the value of celebrating Blackness--whether yours or others'