Well-Read Black Girl - Glory Edim.docx

TableofContentsTitlePageCopyrightContentsEpigraphIntroductionbyGloryEdimWell-ReadBlackGirlSelections,2015–2018“MagicMirrors”byJesmynWard“ingBacktoJamaica”byVeronicaChambers“HerOwnBestThing”byTayariJonesWell-mends:ovelsbyBlackWomen“GoTellIt”byBarbaraSmith“Legacy”:aWalker“ZoraandMe”byMaritaGoldenWell-mends:BooksonBlackFeminism“SpacetoMoveAroundIn”byRenéeWatson“Gal:AHardRowtoHoe”byGaboureySidibe“TheNeedforKisses”byDhonielleClaytonWell-mends:BooksAboutBlackGirlhoodandFriendship“WitnessingHope”byStephaniePowellWatts“DearBeloved”byNicoleDennis-Benn“DreamingAwake”-mends:ScienceFictionandFantasyBooksbyBlackWomen“ToBeaCitizen”anJerkins“TwoNewYorks”byZinziClemmons“PuttingWomenCenterStage”:AConversationwithLynnNottageWell-mends:PlaysbyBlackWomen“FindingMyFamily”plexCitizen”“Livinga‘SoftBlackSong’”byJamiaWilsonWell-mends:PoetrybyBlackWomen“AmazingGrace”byCarlaBruce-Eddings“ContinuetoRise”:AConversationwithJacquelineWoodson“BooksforaBlackGirl’sSoul”pilation,Introduction,“ContinuetoRise,”and“PuttingWomenCenterStage”copyright©2018byGloryEdimIllustrationscopyright©,animprintofRandomHouse,adivisionofPenguinRandomHouseLLC,:,Inc.:“listenchildren”fromTheCollectedPoemsofLucilleCliftonbyLucilleClifton,copyright©1972,,,Ltd.,perCanyonPressc/pany,Inc.:“won’tyoucelebratewithme”fromTheBookofLightbyLucilleClifton,copyright©,,rar,Straus&Giroux:“fear,”“thedrum,”“mommies,”andexcerptfrom“daddies”fromSpinaSoftBlackSong:PoemsforChildrenbyNikkiGiovanni,copyright©,Straus&