Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems

Dominique Christina,Jess Tyehimba

Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Beacon Press
Country
United States
Published
30 October 2018
Pages
112
ISBN
9780807009215

Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems

Dominique Christina,Jess Tyehimba

The reimagined story of Anarcha, an enslaved Black woman, subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Marion Sims. Selected by Tyehimba Jess as a National Poetry Series winner.

The reimagined story of Anarcha, an enslaved Black woman, subjected to medical experiments by Dr. Marion Sims. Selected by Tyehimba Jess as a National Poetry Series winner.

In this provocative collection by award-winning poet and artist Dominique Christina, the historical life of Anarcha is personally reenvisioned. Anarcha was an enslaved Black woman who endured experimentation and torture at the hands of Dr. Marion Sims, more commonly known as the father of modern gynecology. Christina enables Anarcha to tell her story without being relegated to the margins of history, as a footnote to Dr. Sims’s life. These poems are a reckoning, a resurrection, and a proper way to remember Anarcha … and grieve her.

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