The Power of Words
written by: Jenise Cook
@jenisecook
My father was lynched. Mama took her own life. Foster care rotated me from family to family. Then, the assaults. My body wasn’t my own.
Aged out, I slept in the library. My mind devoured the stacks of books, and the world opened before me, breathing new life into me.
Jenise Cook lives in northern Arizona, where it snows, with her fine artist husband. Jenise writes both fiction and nonfiction. Her works are published by various literary journals, and her website - Jenise Cook, has a list of her published works.
Latest posts by Jenise Cook (see all)
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