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Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems
By Dominique Christina and Tyehimba Jess
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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.
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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Dominique Christina
Dominique Christina is an award-winning poet, author, educator, and activist. She holds five national poetry slam titles, including the 2014 and 2012 Women of the World Slam Champion. Her work is influenced by her family’s legacy in the Civil Rights Movement. She is the author of four books, including Anarcha Speaks, winner of the National Poetry Series Prize. A writer for and actor on the HBO series High Maintenance, Dominique has been chosen by the US Department of State to be an Arts Envoy representing excellence in poetics. For more, visit dominiquechristina.com.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a gritty and grizzly display of torture and truth. What human beings are capable of for the sake of race or beliefs. Or even the sick quest for knowledge. This was hard to get through. However these are subjects that we all need to know the horrors of.