by Jamila Woods (Editor), Mahogany L. Browne (Editor), Idrissa Simmonds (Editor)
A BreakBeat Poets anthology to celebrate and canonize the words of Black women across the diaspora.
Author Biography
Poet and vocalist Jamila Woods was raised in Chicago, IL and graduated from Brown University, where she earned a BA in Africana Studies and Theatre & Performance Studies. Influenced by Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks, much of her writing explores blackness, womanhood and the city of Chicago.
Mahogany L. Browne is a Cave Canem and Poets House alumnae and the author of several books including Smudge and Redbone. She directs the poetry program of the Nuyorican Poets Café. Idrissa Simmonds is a fiction writer and poet. Her work has appeared in Black Renaissance Noire, The Caribbean Writer, Fourteen Hills Press, and elsewhere. She is the 2014 winner of the Crab Creek Review poetry contest, and a NYFA and Commonwealth Short Story Award Finalist.
Number of Pages: 264
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN
Publication Date: April 17, 2018