Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Women Studies still unforgiving for having been

still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago

and maybe a pair of sneakers that aren't falling apart

Eliana believes herself untouchable

and devoted students of the game how to play it “the right way

Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Women Studies still unforgiving for having beenThe 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