A dazzling full-length collection of verse from one of the leading
poets of our time.
Over the past two decades, jessica Care moore has become a cultural
force as a poet, performer, publisher, activist, and critic.
Reflecting her transcendent electric voice, this searing poetry
collection is filled with moving, original stanzas that speak to both
Black women’s creative and intellectual power, and express the
pain, sadness, and anger of those who suffer constant scrutiny
because of their gender and race. Fierce and passionate, Jessica Care
moore argues that Black women spend their lives building a physical
and emotional shelter to protect themselves from misogyny,
criminalization, hatred, stereotypes, sexual assault,
objectification, patriarchy, and death threats.
We Want Our
Bodies Back is an exploration—and defiant stance against—these
many attacks.