Saturday Storytime at L10 with jessica Care moore
Join us at L10 for a family friendly Storytime activation and cypher with Detroit Poet Laureate, jessica Care moore.
At the Library for Arts & Culture and MoCADA (2nd floor) build your own crown in a hands-on craft activity, take photos, and purchase a copy of Your Crown Shines to take home. Copies sold courtesy of MoCADA.
At 651 Arts (4th floor) We’ll read along with Jessica as she shares her newest children’s book, Your Crown Shines- a poetic picture book about the appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. School age children will also get to explore their cypher skills onstage!
jessica Care moore is one of the leading voices of her generation. An award winning poet, recording artist, book publisher, activist, cultural arts curator, and filmmaker. She is the Executive Producer and Founder of the 20-year old rock & roll concert and empowerment weekend, Daughters of Betty - Powered by Black WOMEN Rock! and the founder of The Moore Art House 501C3 dedicated to elevating literacy through the arts in neighborhoods and schools.
The founder of Moore Black Press, she published poets Saul Williams, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, asha bandele, Danny Simmons and more. Her publishing house secured an imprint deal with HarperCollins in 2024 and released NYC poet Brad Walrond's extraordinary collection "Every Where Alien. She has mentored youth all over the country, and has lent her voice and time inside juvenile detention centers, prisons, universities and art institutions around the country her entire career. Your favorite's emcee's favorite poet, she has recorded her poetry with Hip Hop legends -- Common, Nas, Jeezy, Talib Kweli, Karriem Riggins, Techno Pioneer Jeff Mills, The Last Poets, Jose James, Roy Ayers and others. Writer Greg Tate called her poetry “A black scream. moore is the author of The Words Don’t Fit in My Mouth, The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto, God is Not an American, and Sunlight Through Bullet Holes. Her fifth book, "We Want Our Bodies Back" published by Harper Collins in 2020 won the American Library Association Black Caucus Poetry Honor. Her first children's book, Her Crown Shines was published in 2024 and illustrated by Dare Coulter (Harper Collins). The celebratory poem caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey and she shared it widely on her social media pages.
For more information visit www.jessicacaremoore.org or follow on IG @jessicacaremoor
Produced in partnership with 651 Arts and MoCADA
