Yesterday, When I Was Young

The collection of poems was written when the author, now a senior citizen, was a young woman. The poems are about racism, the civil rights era, sex, love, self-introspection, youthful struggles, and Black America. At once eloquent, noble, and majestic, as well as hip, sassy, and earthy, the poems embody and reveal the author’s versatility in speaking and writing in many voices. The book of poems is for everyone—every race, class, and age—and for every mood. The poems reveal the author’s abi...