Your Mother Was A Panther: Stories in Verse

By Tara Ngozi Mixon

In her debut short story collection, Mixon posits that black women are everything--beautiful and mysterious, magical and musical. But what they are not is a monolith. Through melodic verse, visual whitespace, and unexpected line breaks, Mixon, in her inventive way, provides alternative narratives and origin stories that challenge many of the ideas we have about black mothers, where they come from, and how they navigate the world. She looks beyond DNA into the spiritual inheritance of women whose mere existence is largely mysterious.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692461183
• ISBN13: 9780692461181
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Faradai Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"