Body Talk

<p>Blending poetry and nonfiction prose into a hybrid memoir brimming with humanity Takwa Gordon's <em>Body Talk</em> explores being bipolar Black a refugee a woman a Muslim a child sexual abuse survivor and a first-generation college student in America. At once a narrative of trauma and disruption Gordon also investigates the power of love and community and ultimately what healing looks like for a Black-American trying to carve out a story and a future of her own.</p>