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Jessica Edwards

Jessica Edwards

Jessica Edwards

Jessica Edwards is a D.C. native and a Houston resident. She is a former middle school teacher and currently works in a nonprofit youth serving organization. Her passion for justice, particularly for black women, fuels her writing. She is a Spring 2016 Blavity fellow. Her poetry has been featured in Abernathy Magazine, Black Girl In Om, and is forthcoming in Vinyl Poetry and Prose. Her collection of poetry: lyrical.catharsis. is available for purchase from her website jessicaedwardswrites.com.

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Abuses Amended

By Jessica Edwards

Indignities and exploitation are righted with sharp words and a blunt defense.

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