Milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing...

"A powerful full-length collection from jessica Care moore, one of the leading spoken word poets of our time"--

A collection of poetry from the 2020 winner of the National Poetry Series, selected by Ocean Vuong.

Verse explorations of woman-to-woman relationships and encounters, both physical and spiritual, underscore the need for women to find one another for survival and for the transformation of social institutions.

One of the most original performance poets of her generation, Melissa Lozada-Oliva has captivated crowds across the country and online with her vivid narratives. Humorous and biting, personal and communal, self-deprecating and unapologetically self-loving, peluda (meaning hairy or hairy beast) is the poet at her best. The book explores the relationship between femininity and body hair as well as the intersections of family, class, the immigrant experience,...