Black Girl, Call Home

The collection of poetry composed in “Black Girl, Call Home” by Jasmine Mans is compelling, relatable and powerful all at once. From the first page, I knew this book was going to be great and leave an impression on me. The moment I knew this book was special was when I went to get my post-its to annotate it. I usually do not take the time to annotate most of my books as I just prefer to read them through. However I wanted to savor all my favorite parts of this book so I could look back and relish in that feeling I felt when I read it for the first time. From the poem entitled “Momma Has a Hair Salon in the Kitchen” which captured the experience of getting your hair done by your mother growing up and the pain of the process but the satisfaction by the end; to “Kill that Nigga Dead” which described the feeling of reaming bold and independent in spite of marriage as a woman. In addition the fact that the book is only a two hundred and forty-five page collection of poems makes it easy to pick up the book and allow myself a fast reread in one-sitting. This book is a must read for black females out there and it won’t disappoint!