This week I’m taking y’all behind the poetry with one of my newish poems! Listen in to hear the books and experience that have been a part of my becoming and how I began to rediscover my voice!
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Show Notes:
Becoming by Michelle Obama
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Dr. Maya Angelou
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
HER With Amena Brown #57: Behind The Poetry: God Bless Mom (featuring my mom!)
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl by Amena Brown
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
HER With Amena Brown #71: HER Favorite Things (featuring Cole Arthur Riley)
Garden*Hood in Atlanta
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