# woke up no light

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- Book: [woke up no light](https://www.bookquiver.com/leila-mottley/woke-up-no-light) ([woke up no light.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/leila-mottley/woke-up-no-light.md))
- Authors: [Leila Mottley](https://www.bookquiver.com/leila-mottley)
- Publisher: knopf
- ISBN: 978-05-9331-971-0
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2024-04-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, California woke up no light is a Black girl’s saunter turned to a woman’s defiant strut....