Yellow Arrow Publishing is thrilled to support an evening of poetry and paired wines on July 11th from 6-8pm to celebrate the book launch of Shantell Hinton Hill's debut poetry collection entitled Black Girl Magic & Other Elixirs. Spots are limited so fill out this form to RSVP today. Hope to see you there!
Date: July 11, 2023
Time: 6-8PM
Attire: Please dress in crimson, rose pink/blush, or creme
Audience: Children are welcome but this is primarily an adult event with adult beverages (please indicate if you will be bringing children in the RSVP)
Food: Hors d'oeuvres will be served (please indicate allergies in the RSVP)
Entertainment: Live DJ and a curated conversation with the author interviewed by Kara Wilkins, Founder of Flyght Black Wine.
More details will be provided in the RSVP.
About the author and book:
Black girl magic & other elixirs by shantell hinton hill is now available for presale as a paperback.
Black girl magic & other elixirs is an important poetry collection about the embodied experiences of a ‘90s Black girl growing up in the American south and how those experiences shaped her becoming a Black woman. Within, shantell recalls moments of playing hide and seek as a means of survival, trauma attached to bologna, the essence of her mother embodied in a fragrance, and even a favorite moment with her first and forever homegirl, her grandma. She weaves together stories from her childhood with current events, juxtaposing the cultural term ‘Black girl magic’ with her personal struggles to show how she became the ultimate Renaissance woman who embraces both the magic and the mundane of her surroundings.
An engineer turned pastor, shantell, a native of Conway, Arkansas, situates her work at the intersections of social justice, public theology, and Black feminism/womanism. shantell builds upon and pays homage to the revolutionary work of Black women authors, poets, leaders, and culture bearers. This collection bears witness to the often unspoken truths about the survival, wit, and skill Black girls and Black women develop in a world dominated by a myriad of interlocking oppressions. For shantell and Black girls everywhere, Black girl magic & other elixirs illustrates how justice, storytelling, ethics, and Black women’s spirituality weave together on the page to show how we can find ourselves “truly in love with who we’d become.”