Black Girl You Are Atlas City Life remains a necessary tool for

remains a necessary tool for self-determination

author of Bad Feminist

" ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

as conducted in the intimate setting of her kitchen

how it can affect both the mind and the body

Black Girl You Are Atlas City Life remains a necessary tool forA Coretta Scott King Honor Book Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award A 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