Foremother Love Valerie Hastings Gregory As a transgender activist and

As a transgender activist and as an advocate for trans kids

Beginning as Julia's parlour maid

and as a result of his journey through unknown lands

starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence

and private citizens

Foremother Love Valerie Hastings Gregory As a transgender activist andIn Foremother Love, Dana Murphy examines the importance of eighteenth century poet Phillis Wheatley as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism. Murphy establishes Phillis (as she refers to her) as a writer who wrote in response to and in conversation with other creators as well as a critic who was invested in sharing, explaining, and evaluating her own and others' work and contexts. Indeed, Phillis played a key role in the development of