Letters to a Young Brown Girl

Barbara Jane Reyes is an Oakland-based author and educator who was born in Manila and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of six books of poetry, including Invocation to Daughters (City Lights, 2017), Diwata (BOA, 2010), and the James Laughlin Award-winning Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish Press, 2005). She teaches in the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. For more information about Barbara Jane Reyes, visit barbarajanereyes.com.