“Coniagui Women” first appeared in The New Yorker magazine. “Power” first appeared in the Village Voice, and is reprinted with permission.
Some of the other poems in this book have previously appeared in Amazon Quarterly; The American Poetry Review; Aphra; Azalea; Black World; Chrysalis; Essence; First World; Freedomways: A Journal; Friendly Woman; Hudson River Anthology; The Iowa Review; The Massachusetts Review; Ms.; New York City Star; Nimrod; Poetry Now; Sinister Wisdom; Thirteenth Moon; Women: A Journal of Liberation.
This book was completed with the assistance of a Creative Artist Public Service Award Grant.