Say Her Name, Zetta Elliott
Say Her Name, Zetta Elliott
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Say Her Name
Poems to Empower

Author: Zetta Elliott

Narrator: Channie Waites

Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/14/2020


Synopsis

From award-winning author Zetta Elliott comes a stirring and powerful poetry collection that reveals the beauty, danger, and magic found at the intersection of race and gender.

Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of
voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls.

This collection features forty-nine powerful poems, four of which are tribute poems inspired by the works of Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Phillis Wheatley.

This provocative collection will move every reader to reflect, respond—and act.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Olivia-Savannah on June 09, 2020

This was a collection of black feminist and activist poetry. Some of the poems I liked more than others. Overal, I really liked the idea of the collection and how rejuvenating and energetic it was. It wasn't quite my style of poetry - it is better suited to fans of Rupi Kaur and Atticus. But some of......more

Goodreads review by My_Strange_Reading on December 03, 2020

This beautifully cultivated and curated book of poems is a masterpiece of empowerment and passion. Elliot takes the reader on a journey that celebrates the beauty and magic of being a black woman while also addressing the heartbreaking and enraging realities that women of color must face daily. Her......more

Goodreads review by kate on June 03, 2020

A powerful, moving and important poetry collection with a wonderfully narrated audiobook.......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on August 29, 2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER! If you are part of the Poetry Police, this collection of poems is not for you. Being a lover of traditional poetry myself, I’m still in the early stages of understanding and appreciating this kind of visual poetry, but I have never policed or shunned any kind of writing and firmly......more