Black Girl You Are Atlas City Life edited by Youmna Chlala and

edited by Youmna Chlala and Ken Chen

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Black Girl You Are Atlas City Life edited by Youmna Chlala andA 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