This paper explores the engagement of African-American, Caribbean-American, and
immigrant West African girls in the critical analysis and writing of poetry to make sense of …

There is a space that resides between girlhood and womanhood. This space contains what
is personal, familial, and societal. It is the place that transforms Black girls into Black women …

In this phenomenological study, I explore the lived experience of African American
adolescent girl poets in an organized poetry group in their school. My research question …

In this phenomenological research, I explore the lived experience of African American
adolescent poets in an organized poetry group in their school. My research question …

In this article, I reflect on my experiences using poetry as a method of data analysis and data
representation from a qualitative study of seven African American high school seniors and …

This article offers an expansion of the poetry writing and research featured in “Culturally
Responsive Poetry” published in the Journal of Poetry Therapy in 2011. In this article, a …

Poetry within trauma-informed literacies has been influential to understanding youth writing.
As the tendency to focus on the individual rather than structures of power remains, the …

In this essay, I engage with and extend the work of Black feminist scholars and poets Audre
Lorde, June Jordan, Patricia Hill Collins, and Patricia Williams by examining the ways that …

“Healing Traditions” identifies 54 Black women writers whose memoirs, poetry, and song
lyrics provide resources for mental health practice in general and bibliotherapy in particular …

Disparities in education in the United States of America exist and are fundamentally inherent
in even the most progressive classroom communities. The way that Black, Indigenous …