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You must be connected to earth to read this book, because its effect is that of a live wire. Reader, get yourself grounded and then open these pages! You will be changed by reading, by being within the world of these words of manifestation and realization. It is the new foundation. -Dr. Raina J. León
These verses by Tureeda Mikell sing the centuries of abuse and exploitation of Black bodies with utmost storytelling prowess, lustrous clarity, and galactic tone. -Youssef Alaoui
Both powerful and philosophical, The Body: Oracle of Memory must be read by all lovers of poetry and the power of the written word. -Robert Alexander
Tureeda Mikell's collection delineates paths to healing that open when we listen to our bodies and listen through our bodies. The Body: Oracle of Memory shows us where we've come from and points out where we should be headed. -Yeva Johnson
This bold and urgent collection reaffirms Mikell's commitment to social justice while using the language of poetry as a "heavy dose of light medicine." -Maw Shein Win
Tureeda Mikell's The Body: Oracle of Memory is sacred storytelling, equal parts parable, and dream. -MK Chavez
To read The Body: Oracle of Memory by Tureeda Mikell, is to enter the space between molecules and energy fields. -Susana Praver-Pérez
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Tureeda Ture Ade Mikell, Story Medicine Woman, author, activist for holism, called 'word magician,' is an award-winning poet, published nationally and internationally. Qigong Healer, workshop leader, storyteller, lyricist, performance artist, founder of The Tree of Life Foundation H.L.P. , advocate for youth and adults. Published over 70 student anthologies with CA Poets in the Schools since 1989. Performed in schools, libraries and universities, Google, Genentech, Aspire, Lawrence Hall, and Golden Gate Academy of Sciences, Randall, Oakland, and De Young Museums. Was featured spoken word artist at SOAN [Soul of a Nation] Exhibit, and the American Academy of Poets, Fire Thieves, at the De Young, and Museum of the African Diaspora, (MoAD) Lit-Quake Afrofuturism. Featured storyteller for the 55 Year Anniversary of the Black Panther Party, National Association of Black Storytellers, featured poet storyteller celebrating Octavia Butler's 70th birthday, and Eth-Noh-Tec Nu Wa Delegate storyteller in Beijing, China in collaboration with the University of Beijing. Recent publications of her work can be found in, Black Fire This Time (Willow Press, 2022), Revolutionary Poets Brigade, Second Stutter (City Lights, 2022) Common Ground (Pease Press, 2022) and many more.Her full length collection, Synchronicity, The Oracle of Sun Medicine, was released in 2020, and nominated for the California Book Award. She is also co-curator of the Patrice Lumumba Anthology, released in 2021 by Nomadic Press, both now at Black Lawrence Press.2023 has presented Tureeda to, Filoli, Stories in Bloom, Atherton, Stanford University, Poets by the Bay, Berkeley Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley, San Jose Poetry Center, Beautiful Black Books (BBB) interviewed by Tshaka Campbell, Santa Clara Poet Laureate, San Jose Museum of Art Invitational, curated by Poet Laureate Tshaka Campbell, Yerba Buena Gardens for the Arts, San Francisco Intersection for the Arts, S.F. Belmont Poetry Center, Belmont, and more...
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