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Series
BreakBeat poets volume 2
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A BreakBeat Poets anthology, Black Girl Magic celebrates and canonizes the words of Black women across the diaspora." --
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. Including a foreword by Oprah Winfrey, Gorman's poem celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry. --From publisher...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Much of what twenty-first century culture tells black girls is not pretty: Don't wear this; don't smile at that; don't have an opinion; don't dream big. And most of all, don't love yourself. In response to such destructive ideas, internationally recognized poet Mahogany L. Browne challenges the conditioning of society by crafting an anthem of strength and magic undeniable in its bloom for all beautiful Black girls"--Dust jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that...
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