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One of the most anticipated published
poets of this generation; Jessica Care Moore is
making a literary and musical impact on the world
that will help define the power of Black music.
You’ve already witnessed the dynamic young
voice that swept the nationally televised It’s
Showtime at the Apollo’s notoriously tough
audiences off their feet, winning record five
consecutive weeks with her powerful lyrics. Jessica
Care Moore made “her-story” and is
recognized as an Apollo Legend. Jessica Care Moore
has shared stages and worked 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.
She is one of the returning stars of the new HBO
Series Russell Simmons presents: Def Poetry Jam
and has been featured on BET’s, NYLA, The
Ed Gordan Show, Teen Summit, and NBC’s Today
Show. She is featured with ATL’s own Big
Cat Records rap artist PBT and his debut album,
Pimpin’ my Pen.
Care Moore has left audiences in
awe with her original play There Are No Asylums
for the Real Crazy Women. This one-woman stage
production brings to life the story of Vivienne
Eliot, the late first wife of famous poet T.S.
Eliot. Fusing her modern use of poetry, hip-hop
culture, feminist thought and language, Care Moore,
a solo-virtuoso, offers a moving and innovative
portrayal of an English woman born in 1888. Her
new theater show, Alpha Phobia, a semi-autobiographical
sketch about a female poet who believes the alphabet
is trying to kill her, premiered at the 14th St.
Playhouse in Atlanta during the National Black
Arts Festival in 2002 and is preparing for NY
and LA premieres. She is one of the featured actors/poets
in the soon to released film, Hughes Dream Harlem
on STARZ, and just finished lead acting work on
the Indie film His/Herstory portraying a young
woman named Faida who must choose between her
art, her culture and the man she loves.
An international poetic force, Jessica
Care Moore has performed for audiences in London,
Scotland, Berlin, Paris and Holland. Her words
inspire…her music touches deep into the
core. A blend of funk, hip-hop, soul and rock
takes her musical aspirations to the next level
of word-sound power. Care Moore’s soulful,
raspy voice leads the drum & bass-rock-poetry
band Detroit Read (pronounced red, like the color).
Her dynamic stage show fuses rapid-fire, heartfelt
poetry, rock, melodic vocals, acoustic guitar,
house & electric hip-hop.
Jessica is also an internationally
published writer, with her work being featured
in several major 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. Care Moore’s highly
anticipated second book, The Alphabet Verses The
Ghetto (October 2002) is an introspective look
into this young poets life and shows the growth
of this globally recognized poet.
A multifaceted writer, publisher,
and actor, Care Moore hits home with her soulful
sound, rapid-fire lyrics and hardcore appeal.
Author of the best poetry collection, The Words
Don’t Fit In My Mouth, she is no ordinary
poet -she is one of the hottest young book publishers
in the country. Moore Black Press was currently
awarded a Small Press Award from the African-Americans
Helping Authors Organization in NYC.
Moore Black Press’ eagerly
anticipated The Poetry of Emcees is a comprehensive
anthology of hip-hop generation writers known
to rock the pen. This exciting collection will
feature the works of Talib Kweli, Sharriff Simmons,
Saul Williams, Q-Tip, Tara Roberts, T. Tara Turk,
The Last Poets, Mumz, Kevin Powell, Dead Prez,
and many others. In addition to The Words Don’t
Fit In My Mouth, Moore Black Press Inc., founded
by Care Moore in August of 1997, has published
and gained international distribution for works
by acclaimed poets, recording artists and authors
Sharriff Simmons and Saul Williams.
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