There's still time! Find the perfect Father's Day gift with store pickup | Shop NowThere's still time! Find the perfect Father's Day gift with store pickup | Shop Now
Product Image
Product Image
Add Item to wish listAdd Item to wish list

Lions Don't Eat Us

By Constance Quarterman Bridges
Paperback
$14.00
By Constance Quarterman Bridges
Promotion message icon
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
Formats
In stock
This item is currently out of stock online.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60
Select a store to view item availability.
The winner of the 2005 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, Lions Don't Eat Us introduces a fierce and wise new voice

There's nothing to be afraid of.

Don't ever let boys kiss you.

Be nice. One day you'll get married.

Keep your legs closed. Dance.

—from "Grandmother Said"

In one of Aesop's Fables, the Roman slave Androcles befriends the emperor's lion prior to his trial and thereby survives certain death in the arena. Constance Quarterman Bridges's father tells this story to his children and says, "My Babies...

Categories