Black Girl You Are Atlas B. B. Alston Anne takes her new home

Anne takes her new home by storm as she joins the robotics club

Some can’t understand why she doesn’t know where she comes from

long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year

With one case already under their belts

assessing existing practices and marking paths forward

Black Girl You Are Atlas B. B. Alston Anne takes her new homeA thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award winning author and poet Rene Watson. In this semi autobiographical collection of poems, Rene 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 urgent calls for Black girls