Mahogany L Browne
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Much of what twenty-first century culture tells black girls is not pretty: Don't wear this; don't smile at that. Don't have an opinion; don't dream big. And most of all, don't love yourself. In response to such destructive ideas, internationally recognized poet Mahogany Browne challenges the conditioning of society by crafting an anthem of strength and magic undeniable in its bloom for all beautiful Black girls.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton and Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Boldly lyrical and fiercely honest, Mahogany L. Browne's Chrome Valley offers an intricate portrait of Black womanhood in America. "We praise their names / & the hands that write / Praise the mouth that speaks," she writes in tribute to those who came before her. Browne captures a quintessential girlhood through the pleasures and pangs of young love: the thrill of skating hip to hip at the roller rink, the heat of holding hands in the dark, and,...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The long form poem is a practice of poetics in joy, gratitude, sadness, resilience and pain. This literary work serves as a practice of self-reflection and accountability in the wake of the prison system. This poem is dirge work acknowledging unjust atrocities, but reveling in our human resilience.