Black Girl You Are Atlas B. B. Alston is that all you see

is that all you see when you look at me

assessing existing practices and marking paths forward

A scientific theory has to be testable

Anne takes her new home by storm as she joins the robotics club

inspired generations of other dreamers

Black Girl You Are Atlas B. B. Alston is that all you seeA 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