The Unboxing of a Black Girl
Angela Shanté
This creative nonfiction collection combines free verse, haiku, and brief scenes in a memoir of Black girlhood. Its childhood memories unfold in 1990s New York City, forming a many-part portrait shaped by the past and connected to the present. Alongside the author’s own experiences, the book also turns toward the lives of Black girls beyond the city. Poetry and prose work together to trace girlhood across memory, place, and time. It presents these experiences through multiple poetic forms and vignette-like reflections.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
