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A MORE PERFECT UNION IBD

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRES
02 / 2021
9780814257784
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Sinopsis

Finalist, 2022 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award In the tender, sensual, and bracing poems ofáa more perfect Union,áTeri Ellen Cross Davis reclaims the experience of living and mothering while Black in contemporary America, centering Black womenâÇÖs pleasure by wresting it away from the relentless commodification of the White gaze. Cross Davis deploys stunning emotional range to uplift the mundane, interrogate the status quo, and ultimately create her own goddesses. Parenting, lust, household chores-all are fair game for Cross DavisâÇÖs gimlet eye. Whether honoring her grief for PrinceâÇÖs passing while examining his role in midwifing her sexual awakening or contemplating travel and the gamble of being Black across this wide world, these poems tirelessly seek a path out of the labyrinth to hope.