Wash Day Diaries Children's Atlases Believing the fire to be

Believing the fire to be the result of kids playing with fireworks

and the bald eagle soaring high overhead

micro―and macro―aggressions to joy

Before there was Kate Beaton

Wash Day Diaries Children's Atlases Believing the fire to beFrom writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair. Wash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx. The book takes its title from the wash day experience shared