@misc{mendez_we_2022,
	title = {We {Are} {Not} {Here} to {Save} {You}: {Black} {Women} \& the {Documentary} {Poem}},
	shorttitle = {We {Are} {Not} {Here} to {Save} {You}},
	url = {https://poetry.arizona.edu/blog/we-are-not-here-save-you-black-women-documentary-poem},
	abstract = {And where the words of women are crying to be heard, we must each of us recognize our responsibility to seek those words out, to read them and share them and examine them in their pertinence to our own lives. - Audre Lorde Writing, in particular the field of poetry, is contributing to the movement of bearing witness to a revolution, while also adding to and changing the archival history. In my opinion, some of the greatest contribution comes from the practice of docupoetics.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2026-01-21},
	journal = {Poetry Center},
	author = {Mendez, Jasminne},
	month = aug,
	year = {2022},
}

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