Shania Lewis has always been a writer, but until recently, her work was mostly personal.
“I always wrote little poems and in high school I started journaling,” said Lewis, a 2017 graduate of Spotsylvania’s Massaponax High School.
But after watching poet Amanda Gorman recite her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the January 2021 inauguration of Joe Biden, Lewis felt inspired and compelled to put something out into the world — specifically, something to inspire young Black girls like herself.
“I thought, what are the words I wanted to hear growing up?” Lewis said.
The resulting poem, “Dear Little Black Girl,” became a children’s book that was published this summer and is available on Amazon.
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