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Author:

Hairston, Jessica, author.

Title:

Power of our wombs / Jessica Hairston.

Publisher:

Nomadic Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

99 pages ; 18 cm

Subject:

2000-2099
African American women--Poetry.
Poetry--Women authors.
American poetry--21st century.
American poetry--African American authors.
Death--Poetry.
Grief--Poetry.
American poetry.
American poetry--African American authors.
Death.
Grief.
Poetry--Women authors.
poetry.
Poetry.
Poetry.
Poésie.

Summary:

"Power of Our Wombs is an ode, a tribute, and honor work. It's my mirror work to go back and fetch- infant me. It's my 'personal responsibility' towards Sankofa. I hope these poems elucidate or better yet sing both the gospel and the blues of my entrance and when I'm gone, my legacy. Knowing the power of our wombs, the homes I've had, has finally made me proud of my origin story. These stories are turning the loss and grief, the abandonment and isolation, the distrust, the shame, from dirty pain to clean pain. I've come to accept these experiences as the other face, the agreement of love and for love. This book is for youth of rage, the parent, the social worker and even the lawmaker. It's for the long awaited conversation at the dining table, it's for families reuniting"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

195523941X
9781955239417

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1370988828

LCCN:

2022947168

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)