Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Ages 3 and up or not at all

or not at all

explaining that the person who controls the narrative of history controls their own fate

and the magical world she treasures

Greatly complicating her rise was her difficult relationship with her younger brother

women have been prohibited from leadership roles in civic life

Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Ages 3 and up or not at allThe poems in Allison Joseph's latest collection are smart, shameless, and empowered confessions of the best kind. In semi autobiographical verse highlighting in turns light hearted and harsh realities of modern black womanhood, these poems take the reader down "A History of African American Hair," visit with both Grace Jones and the Venus de Milo, send Janis Joplin to cheerleading camp, bemoan a treacherous first pair of high heels, and discuss