In celebration of National Poetry month I talk with black American poet and artist Jasmine Mans. Jasmine is from Newark, New Jersey, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a BA in African American Studies and her debut collection of poetry, Chalk Outlines of Snow Angels , was published in 2012. Her last collection was just published, it’s called Black Girl, Call Home. In this collection Jasmine Mans writes to call herself—and us—home. Each poem explores what it means to be a