Jasmine Mans, author of Black Girl, Call Home, on tour April 2021

About Black Girl, Call Home

• Publisher: Berkley (March 9, 2021)
• Paperback: 256 pages

A Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Oprah Magazine • Time •  Vogue • Vulture • Essence • Elle • Cosmopolitan • Real Simple • Marie Claire • Refinery 29 •  Shondaland • Pop Sugar • Bustle • Apartment Therapy • The Rumpus • She Reads • The Everygirl • Medium • Career Contessa“Nothing short of sublime, and the territory [Mans’] explores…couldn’t be more necessary.”—Vogue“A tender distillation of black girlhood. Mans draws together both intricate adornment and the unvarnished truth.”—Raven Leilani, New York Times bestselling author of Luster“[Mans’] lucid and lyrical lines are as undeniable as those of a pop song yet as arresting as only spoken word artistry can be.”—O, the Oprah Magazine

From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, and queer identity.With echoes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez, Mans writes to call herself—and us—home. Each poem explores what it means to be a daughter of Newark, and America—and the painful, joyous path to adulthood as a young, queer Black woman.Black Girl, Call Home is a love letter to the wandering Black girl and a vital companion to any woman on a journey to find truth, belonging, and healing.

Social Media

Please use the hashtag #BlackGirlCallHome, and tag @tlcbooktours, @berkeleypub, and @poetjasminemans.

Purchase Links

Penguin Random House | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

About Jasmine Mans

Jasmine Mans is a Black American poet, artist from Newark, New Jersey. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison, with a B.A. in African American Studies. Her debut collection of poetry, Chalk Outlines of Snow Angels, was published in 2012. Mans is the resident poet at the Newark Public Library. She was a member of The Strivers Row Collective.

Find out more about Jasmine at her website, and connect with her on Instagram.

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