Poets & Writers

At the Center of Hip-Hop and Poetry

a hashtag to celebrate black womanhood, Black Girl Magic quickly leapt off social media streams and into the lexicon of writers, politicians, celebrities, and activists. What is Black Girl Magic? No two people will define it the same, but a new poetry anthology released by Haymarket Books in April, , is allowing black women who grew up in the hip-hop generation to deepen the conversation through their poetry.

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