| "This poem and the others in the series from which it was excerpted were inspired by works in visual artist Willie Cole's stunning, life-sized print series, Beauties, which were made by flattening old ironing boards to the point that they could be inked for printmaking. Cole titled each print with a woman’s name, an homage to family members and other Black women from the era when ironing was both drudgery and a skill."
Evie Shockley on "the beauties: third dimension" | 
