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woke up no light
A collection of Poetry by Leila Mottley
Subgenres:
- Coming-of-Age,
- Black Voices,
- Feminist
This book is for you if you're into...
- Poetry that moves from girlhood to womanhood in vivid sections
- Reckoning with reparations, restitution, and yearning for home
- Raw, rhythmic verse exploring personal and political revelation
A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, California. woke up no light is a Black girl's saunter turned to a woman's defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting.
Moving in sections from "girlhood" to "neighborhood" to "falsehood" to, finally, "womanhood," these poems reckon with themes of reparations, restitution, and desire. The collection is sharp and raw, wise and rhythmic, a combination that lights up each page. From unearthing histories to searching for ways to dream of a future in a world constantly on the brink of disaster, this young poet sets forth personal and political revelation with piercing detail.
woke up no light confirms Leila Mottley's arrival and demonstrates the enduring power of her voice—brave and distinctive and thoroughly her own.
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