Black Girl You Are Atlas B. B. Alston Some can’t understand why she

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

they explore many fun costumes

long dragon parade to help bring in the Lunar New Year

assessing existing practices and marking paths forward

is that all you see when you look at me

Black Girl You Are Atlas B. B. Alston Some can’t understand why sheA 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