Black Girl, Call HomeA literary coming of age poetry collection, an ode to the places we call home, and a piercingly intimate deconstruction of daughterhood, 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. As a competitive spoken word poet who draws large crowds of people, Jasmine Mans's collection is divided into six sections, each with a corresponding active

AO has never really felt

living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle

A white woman and a black man are alone in an elevator

Redford 'Red' Morgan is a handyman with tattoos

it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world

Danger lurks in Orisha

But as she grew older

which Love calls the educational survival complex

She would use it to make everyone happy

Conducting hundreds of interviews over the course of one year of reporting on the ground

learn their triggers

Illustrated with stories from best friends Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke's own lives