Hoodwitch

by Faylita Hicks

Book Overview

This riveting debut from poet Faylita Hicks is a reclamation of power for black women and nonbinary people whose bodies have become the very weapons used against them. HoodWitch tells the story of a young person who discovers that they are "something that can & will survive / a whole century of hunt." Through a series of poems based on childhood photographs, Hicks invokes the spirits of mothers and daughters, sex workers and widows, to conjure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946724246
• ISBN13: 9781946724243
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Acre Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"