"Nothing short of sublime, and the territory [Mans']
explores...couldn't be more necessary."--Vogue
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.
"Mans takes up
the tools of Brooks and Sanchez into her good hands and chisels us an
urgent and grand work, proving why she's the favorite poet of all the
girls in the back of the bus."
--Danez Smith,
author of National Book Award finalist for poetry Don't Call Us
Dead
"This book is a
haven for all the Black daughters out there, hoping to make sense of
the power and powerlessness in their bodies, the connection to
others' bodies, and the moments of everyday life that comprise so
much of our identities.
--Morgan Jerkins,
New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing
