Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Women Studies and maybe a pair of

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Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Women Studies and maybe a pair ofThe poems in Allison Joseph's latest collection are smart, shameless, and empowered confessions of the best kind. In semi autobiographical verse highlighting in turns light hearted and harsh realities of modern black womanhood, these poems take the reader down "A History of African American Hair," visit with both Grace Jones and the Venus de Milo, send Janis Joplin to cheerleading camp, bemoan a treacherous first pair of high heels, and discuss