Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Women Studies Nour tells herself their favorite

Nour tells herself their favorite story--the tale of Rawiya

the move is brave yet hopeless

But Kitty has allies--her former mistress

The possibilities of the road not taken are a relentless haunt

still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago

Confessions of a Barefaced Woman Women Studies Nour tells herself their favoriteThe 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