harbors knowledge of the violent past

torn between his duty as a tribal officer and his fascination with Louise

joining in the song that connects us all

and especially to all Anishinaabe children

At nineteen

Brown Girl Dreaming fiction harbors knowledge of the violentRaised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's