My Sisters' Country by Alexis V. Jackson Poetry Reading

Join us this Saturday, March 26th as we welcome Philadelphia-born, San Diego-based writer Alexis V. Jackson as she reads her debut poetry collection MY SISTERS' COUNTRY , out from Kore Press in January 2022. Jackson artfully braids together a multi-vocal chorus of Black women's voices across, over, under, and through time. Included in the vast array of voices are her great-grandmother, Black feminist scholar Hortense Spillers, musical artist Missy Elliott, and the wide-brimmed, white-gloved church ladies of her Philadelphia youth. Jackson bends and breaks forms like the sonnet, pantoum, and zuihitsu and introduces the playlist poem as she explores the makings of Black girlhood and womanhood.

You can purchase MY SISTERS' COUNTRY by Alexis V. Jackson here .

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