A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing Ages 13-17 arriving late to work and

arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she’s been

Mam is dying of cancer

And all this is only the beginning

Only when power is anchored in our identity and in reality will it be able to be in synch with the universe--and be of true benefit to ourselves and to others

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing Ages 13-17 arriving late to work andA revelatory work in the tradition of Claudia Rankines Citizen, DaMaris Hills searing and powerful narrative in verse bears witness to American women of color burdened by incarceration. It is costly to stay free and appear sane." From Harriet Tubman to Assata Shakur, Ida B. Wells to Sandra Bland and Black Lives Matter, black women freedom fighters have braved violence, scorn, despair, and isolation in order to lodge their protests. In A Bound Woman Is