Jessica Care Moore to be featured at
19th Annual Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts April 15, 2010
A multifaceted writer, publisher, poet, actor, and recording artist, Jessica Care Moore is the author of poetry collections The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto, The Words Don’t Fit In My Mouth and has been featured in several anthologies including Abandon Automobile (WSU Press 2001), Listen Up! (Random House, 1999), Step Into A World (Wiley Publishing, 2001), Role Call (Third World Press 2002) Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Crown Publishing 2001), in addition to Essence, Blaze, Source, Vibe, African Voices, Bomb, Mosaic, Good News, Savoy and BE magazines. Also, Moore has written the plays There Are No Asylums for the Real Crazy Women and Alpha Phobia.
Moore won the nationally televised It’s Showtime at the Apollo for a record five weeks, making history and is recognized as an Apollo Legend.
Moore has performed for audiences in Toulouse, France, London, Scotland, Berlin, Paris and Holland as well as sharing stages and working with literary and musical artists George Clinton, Nas, Ossie Davis, Mos Def, Gregory Hines, CeCe Winans, Anthony David, Roy Ayers, Gil Scott Herron, Sonia Sanchez, Steve Harvey, Cedric The Entertainer, Patrice Rushen, Nikki Giovanni, The Last Poets and many more. As an activist and lecturer, Moore is a strong voice in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, lending her voice to the AIDS WALK Opening Ceremonies in NYC, San Francisco and Atlanta.
Moore Black Press Inc., founded by Moore in 1997, has published and gained international distribution for works by acclaimed poets, recording artists and authors Sharrif Simmons and Saul Williams. Moore Black Press is also working to get kids to read with her Literacy Through Hip Hop Campaign. Moore Black Press was awarded a Small Press Award from the African-Americans Helping Authors Organization in NYC.
