A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Ren e Watson. In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Ren e Watson writes
about 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...