| Description |
245 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244). |
| Contents |
I ain't goin' be bald headed no more -- Momma has a hair salon in the kitchen -- That was her waying of showing God -- Macaroni and cheese -- We host these variables -- Speak to me of my mother, who was she -- B'Nai's three babies -- Period -- Treat her right while she's still here -- Momma said dyke at the kitchen table -- The first time the black girl calls her mother a bitch -- Grits: 1967 -- Birmingham -- South 14th Street: Nana's house smells like cigarettes -- South 14th Street: The attic window -- South 14th Street: For sale -- At Aunt Kawee's house in Oklahoma -- Blame -- The thing that made him my father -- Because I am a woman now -- Nerf guns: Christmas 2019, Tulsa -- All them bags -- All too normal -- And Jay-Z says "We've moved past kneeling" -- Black son -- The repass: Our own restaurant -- Your brother's keeper -- I know you didn't mean to kill him: an excerpt -- Unwelcome -- The boys on Broad Street play with coins -- 24 hours after it happens -- Secrets -- Traffick -- Kanye's black aunties -- Through the wire -- Gravity to a god -- Searching for a feeling -- Footnotes for Kanye -- Your God -- 3 O'Clock in the morning -- I watch her sleep -- Laughing sanctuaries -- Maybe we can fool God -- Trans-panic -- Fire -- Didn't feel like winning -- She doesn't look like rape -- They don't know anything -- Who am I to blame her -- Mind in Gallivant -- Mortality and magic -- Whitney: Fairy Godmother -- |
|
Whitney: Boy, can that girl sang -- Whitney: gone -- Whitney: Hologram -- Witch -- Sharp -- 4 inches after 5 -- I used to know her -- Babies at the border -- The ocean's debt -- The little mermaid -- Fascinations -- Bodes lost in history -- Refrain: Ledger of women patients sterilized without consent -- The black stork -- Swine -- HeLa -- A pouring thing -- Mourning -- Girlish -- Birthing babies not her own -- A friendly death -- Crazy -- Sleep patterns -- Mud pies -- She's waiting for me -- Where home is -- 1,000 questions on gender roles for a lesbian -- Invite me -- The light -- Kill that nigga dead -- Giving up God -- Conversations -- Dear ex lover -- Monologue: mother yells at (insert name of black girl here) -- Sandra's haiku -- Image description -- Riddle for a black girl -- The girl who didn't die -- Sandra Bland: a different story -- In the video games -- Refusal -- She God's prayer -- Like I got gold mines -- Serena -- Dear First Lady (For Michelle Obama) -- Climbing -- My sister's keeper -- Missing girls -- Do not fall in love -- I wish you a lover -- Oxygen mask -- Reflex -- Side-chick apologetics -- Scars -- I was here -- Things left behind -- When you left, you left -- You took Sundays -- Pac-Man -- Path train -- God drives a Chevy -- Nola -- The 39 bus makes stops in the South Ward -- There's a nice breeze outside -- God is watching -- Even after -- Brown marks. |
| Summary |
"A 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 telephone number where she has recorded excerpts of her poems. You can listen now, just dial! Using poetry to bring change to the world with positive agitation and hoping to prompt dialogue where there is normally fear, poet Jasmine Mans explores the intersection of race, feminism, and queer identity in her latest collection Black Girl, Call Home..."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Coming of age -- Poetry.
|
| Genre |
Poetry.
|
| ISBN |
9780593197141 (trade paperback) |
|
0593197143 (trade paperback) |
|
More Resources