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505 0 a| What can a poem do? -- Phillis Wheatley and the master's tools/resistance in the name of the lord: a radical poetics -- Poetry is life distilled: Brooks and the breaking of form -- "Anything she didn't want to do, she don't have to": voice, agency, and Blackness in the life and poems of Lucille Clifton -- A haiku for Sister Sonia Sanchez -- Poetry will never be a luxury: the necessity of authentic expression in the works of Audre Lorde -- There are Black people in nature: the poetry and influence of Camille Dungy -- The world on fire: Patricia Smith and a new path for form and political poetry -- Rita Dove: a love letter.;

520 a| "When did you feel the pull of poetry? For Ashley M. Jones, the moment she knew she would be a poet was at seven years old--reciting "Harriet Tubman" by Eloise Greenfield. That moment, that poem, showed her there was a place for her in the world of literature as her full Black self. As she continued to grow as a person and a poet, becoming the first person of color and the youngest person to serve as Poet Laureate of Alabama, Jones encountered so many incredible Black women poets who showed her the possibilities. Part critical essay, part personal essay collection, What the Mirror Said traces the influence of nine Black women poets in Jones's writing and life. She brings together historical biographical information, personal reflection, and close readings as she explores personal connections to poets from Phillis Wheatley to Patricia Smith. This book is expansive in its study, from classical metrical scansion to metaphorical explication. In offering new ways to interpret poems by important contemporary poets, What the Mirror Said makes the case for the need to study and celebrate Black women poets"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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What the mirror said : the necessity of Black woman poets / Ashley M. Jones.

Author/creator	Jones, Ashley M., 1990- author.
Other author	Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
Format	Book
Publication	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2026.
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	90 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects	Jones, Ashley M., 1990- http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n2016045893 African American women poets. American poetry--African American authors. American poetry--History and criticism.

Cover title	What the mirror said : the necessity of Black women in poetry
Portion of title	Necessity of Black women poets
Portion of title	Necessity of Black women in poetry
Series	Poets on poetry Poets on poetry http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/70ed42b7-836a-61d8-b939-102cdb0abfa8 ^A235031
Contents	What can a poem do? -- Phillis Wheatley and the master's tools/resistance in the name of the lord: a radical poetics -- Poetry is life distilled: Brooks and the breaking of form -- "Anything she didn't want to do, she don't have to": voice, agency, and Blackness in the life and poems of Lucille Clifton -- A haiku for Sister Sonia Sanchez -- Poetry will never be a luxury: the necessity of authentic expression in the works of Audre Lorde -- There are Black people in nature: the poetry and influence of Camille Dungy -- The world on fire: Patricia Smith and a new path for form and political poetry -- Rita Dove: a love letter.
Abstract	"When did you feel the pull of poetry? For Ashley M. Jones, the moment she knew she would be a poet was at seven years old--reciting "Harriet Tubman" by Eloise Greenfield. That moment, that poem, showed her there was a place for her in the world of literature as her full Black self. As she continued to grow as a person and a poet, becoming the first person of color and the youngest person to serve as Poet Laureate of Alabama, Jones encountered so many incredible Black women poets who showed her the possibilities. Part critical essay, part personal essay collection, What the Mirror Said traces the influence of nine Black women poets in Jones's writing and life. She brings together historical biographical information, personal reflection, and close readings as she explores personal connections to poets from Phillis Wheatley to Patricia Smith. This book is expansive in its study, from classical metrical scansion to metaphorical explication. In offering new ways to interpret poems by important contemporary poets, What the Mirror Said makes the case for the need to study and celebrate Black women poets"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-90).
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Jones, Ashley M., 1990- What the mirror said Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2026 9780472222568
Genre/form	Autobiographies.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Autobiographies.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
LCCN	2025042248
ISBN	9780472040193
ISBN	0472040197 paperback
ISBN	electronic book

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