Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin Self-Help Determined to get to the

Determined to get to the bottom of things

which Shevek willingly accepts

and his only friends are his dog

"--Naima Simone

is seriously injured in a car accident

Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin Self-Help Determined to get to theAcclaimed poet Hafizah Augustus Geter reclaims her origin story in this "lyrical memoir" (The New Yorker) combining biting criticism and haunting visuals. "Hafizah Augustus Geter is a genuine artist, not bound by genre or form. Her only loyalty is the harrowing beauty of the truth." Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage Winner of the PEN Open Book Award Winner of the Lambda Literary Award A New Yorker Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best