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A review by emmaraeempowered
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas
fast-paced
4.75
This poetry collection was fantastic to read! The poems spanned across many years with poetry from Taylor Byas (I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times), Audre Lorde, and James Baldwin to name a few.
An aspect of this poetry collection that I think was so smart and inclusive for young readers and anyone getting into poetry was at the end of each poem there was a small section that would talk about what the poem means. I loved this as I am just getting into reading poetry and sometimes if poems are really vague I question if I'm "having the right thoughts" (which I realize kind of defeats the purpose of poetry, its meant to speak to you in different ways and that is just fine).
I think this collection is a great way to learn about different authors whether they are authors from the past or new emerging voices.
All around this was fantastic! Highly recommend!
An aspect of this poetry collection that I think was so smart and inclusive for young readers and anyone getting into poetry was at the end of each poem there was a small section that would talk about what the poem means. I loved this as I am just getting into reading poetry and sometimes if poems are really vague I question if I'm "having the right thoughts" (which I realize kind of defeats the purpose of poetry, its meant to speak to you in different ways and that is just fine).
I think this collection is a great way to learn about different authors whether they are authors from the past or new emerging voices.
All around this was fantastic! Highly recommend!