Body Memory

Meriwether Clarke's full-length debut, Body Memory, narrates the history of a body intent on remembering and overcoming the violence of misogyny. Faced with trauma and loss, Clarke's speakers turn inward, transforming the act of personal exploration into a searing reckoning with the punishing limitations of gender expectations.

In a world where women are constantly evaluated yet never fully seen, the anxiety of potential harm is omnipresent. Startling and evocative imagery paints pointed me...