![]() ![]() And the fire that calls us is the very fire of creation moving through us and changing us all. In this book we find that gathering, a gathering of those of us who know our stories belong to each other. “Audre Lorde once told Joy Harjo that she imagined her poems being spoken to a circle of women gathered around a fire. At a time when people are becoming more and more limited in their choices surrounding pregnancy and abortion, this record is increasingly urgent and indispensable. In So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth, pieces range from essays to poems to interviews, with a broad entanglement of various themes, from many different perspectives including Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latinx, and more. In this brave and devastatingly beautiful anthology, the illustrious poet and editor Aracelis Girmay gathers complex and intimate pieces that illuminate the nuances of personal and collective histories, analyses, practices, and choices surrounding pregnancy.įeaturing the brilliant voices of writers such as Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Patricia Smith, Elizabeth Alexander, and more, this book is a lighthouse-a tool and companion-for those navigating pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, birth, loss, grief, and love. Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth ![]()
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