Black Girl Shattered, the third book by spoken word artist Sheri Purpose Hall, effortlessly weaves her spirituality, Black consciousness, and femininity into a tapestry of fully poetic words that are part memoir, part Black Studies thesis, part feminist manifesto, and part sacred text. By exploring the root causes of misfortunes that have been engineered to break the spirit of every woman-and revealing a path that leads to the beauty of mending--she ministers to all women (and men) while also speaking directly to issues that are both unique and specific to the Black woman. This collection of poetry, prose, epistles, and essays is built on the kind