Black Girl You Are Atlas Mythology But as the trial unfolds

But as the trial unfolds

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

self-appointed apostles of Jesus

after a mysterious falling-out between their own mothers keeps them apart for years

Black Girl You Are Atlas Mythology But as the trial unfoldsA 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