What the mirror said : the necessity of Black woman poets /

When did you feel the pull of poetry? For Ashley M. Jones, the moment she knew she would be a poet was at seven years old--reciting "Harriet Tubman" by Eloise Greenfield. That moment, that poem, showed her there was a place for her in the world of literature as her full Black self. As she...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Jones, Ashley M., 1990- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2026.
Series:	Poets on poetry
Subjects:	Jones, Ashley M., > 1990- African American women poets. American poetry > African American authors. American poetry > History and criticism. Poétesses noires américaines. Autobiographies. Literary criticism.