Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice

by Mahogany L. Browne

Other authorsJason Reynolds (Foreword), Elizabeth Acevedo (Author), Olivia Gatwood (Author), Theodore III Taylor (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2020

Status

Available

Publication

Roaring Brook Press (2020), Edition: Illustrated, 56 pages

Description

A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.

User reviews

LibraryThing member wanderlustlover
Spring 2021 (May);

This book was beyond amazing. I was moved to tears by a number of these poems. They are so perfectly in this moment, both in the microcosm of black neighborhoods to the needs for interfaith across the globe. It touches on topics everywhere throughout these poems, and the art only
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bring it to another level. I can't wait to use this in my classroom next year.
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LibraryThing member foof2you
A book of poems, written by 3 women poets about topics that affect their community social justice, activism, and discrimination. The art work is bright and very colorful. I thought that Olivia Gatewood's poem What's in My Toolbox, is great example of a poem using wonderful imagery to explain the
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concept of privilege.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

11.36 inches

ISBN

1250311209 / 9781250311207

Local notes

Purchased with funding from the Ashley Grant program of the Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ.
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