Frontispiece to her book, this engraving depicts Phillis Wheatley penning a poem. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. “Her poems provide a window into Black girls’ culture, slavery, and the emergence of...
How do archives collect girl authors? In this interview series, we welcome curators and archivists to share how their institutions collect and utilize materials by girls who were or became published authors in their youth. Today, we look at the papers of Phillis...
