{"product_id":"national-poetry-seriesisbn-9780807009215","title":"National Poetry Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.Foreword by Tyehimba Jess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: She Is a Woman Therefore She Remembers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnarcha Will Speak and It Will Be So\u003cbr\u003eGhosts I Got\u003cbr\u003eThe Preacher Give Us the Story of Job\u003cbr\u003eBenediction\u003cbr\u003eMassa’s House\u003cbr\u003eDon’t Wanna Hear It But\u003cbr\u003eFrom a Star I See Everything\u003cbr\u003eBlack Gold\u003cbr\u003eThe Chil’ren Might Know\u003cbr\u003eThey Bringin in More\u003cbr\u003eAnarcha Feels Movement\u003cbr\u003eOne Boy Named Montgomery\u003cbr\u003eLucy Made a Girl\u003cbr\u003eShe Need Help I Caint Manage It\u003cbr\u003eThe Unquenchable Season\u003cbr\u003ePronounce Me Lord\u003cbr\u003eI Shoulda Known Heaven First\u003cbr\u003eWhen I Get There\u003cbr\u003eShe Got Further Than Anybody\u003cbr\u003eConjure\u003cbr\u003eI Prove\u003cbr\u003eMassa Wants to Know\u003cbr\u003eA Powerful Spell\u003cbr\u003eAlabama but I Don’t Know It\u003cbr\u003eThe Missus, Big with Somebody Too\u003cbr\u003eWhat Do It Take\u003cbr\u003eDanger on the Other Side\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bird Don’t Know Nuthin\u003cbr\u003eThis Time It Hurts\u003cbr\u003eAnarcha Dreams, OR How You Know You Ain’t Gone\u003cbr\u003ethe midwife is no midwife\u003cbr\u003eThe Drowned Boy, Call Him John\u003cbr\u003eThe Doctor by Now\u003cbr\u003eMarion Sims, the Doctor\u003cbr\u003eAnarcha Makes Milk Anyway\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sims Comes Back, Makes an Offer\u003cbr\u003eAnarcha Will Leave in the Morning\u003cbr\u003eThe Etymology of Anarchy\u003cbr\u003eDoctor\/Massa Wants More\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: The Juxtaposition of Experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlood Misbehaves: One Surgery as Anarcha Sees It\u003cbr\u003eBlood Misbehaves: The Surgery as Dr. Sims Sees It\u003cbr\u003eNot Dead but . . .\u003cbr\u003eHow Doctor Sims Sees His Work\u003cbr\u003eHow Anarcha Sees His Work\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sims Makes Something New\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Quiver Stops, Ain’t No Jesus\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sims Will Buy 9 More\u003cbr\u003eAnarcha, in Position\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sims Explains\u003cbr\u003eFlicker\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sims Comes Clean\u003cbr\u003eAnarcha, Anarcha Come On Out . . .\u003cbr\u003eNew Gals, No Good\u003cbr\u003eThings Past Tellin . . .\u003cbr\u003eA Wizard and His Magic, Nothing More\u003cbr\u003eNo Magic, No How\u003cbr\u003eThe Doctor Figures It Out\u003cbr\u003eThe Doctor Gives Her Opium After\u003cbr\u003eConniption\u003cbr\u003eFirst Is Last: How the Doctor Sees It\u003cbr\u003eFirst Is Last: How Anarcha Sees It\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcnowledgments: A Dedication“Beautifully sparse lines and unsparing imagery . . . A harrowingly visceral, incomparable poetry collection.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lyrical descriptions that showcase emotional vulnerability.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Christina uses rhythmic, throbbing, vervy language that lets readers live Anarcha’s tragic story.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dominique’s poems paint brutal truths. Beautiful truths. They seek to uncover a history hidden under the skin. In an era in which such truths are in danger of being forgotten, Dominique’s voice is an essential. Her stories are an unearthing, the soil that connects us to our past, a lens through which, if we look close enough, we may see something that directs us to a kinder future.”\u003cbr\u003e—Staceyann Chin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a beautiful book of poetry by an amazing poet. I can’t even begin to grasp the courage it took to write these poems.”\u003cbr\u003e—Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of \u003ci\u003eA Place to Stand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dominique Christina has the courage to use her imagination, and her empathy, to conceive of an alternative world, in the midst of this one, using language to provide inspiration and instruction so people can straighten their backs and make the world a better place.”\u003cbr\u003e—Cornel West, author of \u003ci\u003eRace Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In inventive and soul-deep narratives, Christina has wholly encompassed the breath and breadth of Anarcha, who steps out of an enslaved and pummeled body to reclaim her root in the world.”\u003cbr\u003e—Patricia Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eIncendiary Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominique Christina\u003c\/b\u003e was a classroom teacher at the secondary and post-secondary level for ten years. She was the National Poetry Champion in 2011 and Women of the World Slam Champion in 2012 and 2014. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Breaking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Balm\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThey Are All Me\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThis Is Woman’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a featured speaker at hundreds of colleges and universities nationally and internationally.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303038636261,"sku":"NP9780807009215","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807009215_156fbb49-e386-4454-966b-da028a708a69.jpg?v=1730752833","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/national-poetry-seriesisbn-9780807009215","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}