Body Not My Own

by Tanque R Jones

Book Overview

Body Not My Own is a poetic journey into the minds and hearts of Africans who endured and overcame slavery in the United States. With a truly astonishing imagination and a capacity for empathy that reaches back three centuries, the poet evokes the worldview, daily survival strategies, and rituals that Africans conceived in order to endure and transcend a system that ravaged their human identity, dignity and agency. Through the poet's exquisitely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940713292
• ISBN13: 9780940713291
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Lotus Press (WI)
• Length: 81 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"