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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 executive producer and founder of Daughters of Betty (the 20-year-old rock & roll concert and empowerment weekend powered by Black Women Rock!) and founder of The Moore Art House, a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating literacy through the arts in neighborhoods and schools. moore’s publishing house, Moore Black Press, has published poets including Saul Williams, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, asha bandele, and Danny Simmons, and in 2024 is preparing to publish their first poetry and spoken word audiobooks through an imprint deal with HarperCollins. Throughout her career, moore has mentored youth across the United States and has lent her voice and time to juvenile detention centers, prisons, universities, and art institutions around the country.

moore has recorded her poetry with hip hop legends including Common, Nas, Jeezy, Talib Kweli, Karriem Riggins, techno pioneer Jeff Mills, The Last Poets, Jose James, and Roy Ayers, with writer Greg Tate calling 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 (HarperCollins, 2020) won the American Library Association Black Caucus Poetry Honor. Her first children's book, Her Crown Shines (illustrated by Dare Coulter), is slated for publish by HarperCollins in 2024. The namesake celebratory poem caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey, who shared it widely on her social media pages.

moore's full-scale theatrical work, Salt City, a futurist techno choreopoem, premiered at the Apollo Theater in April 2023. Also in 2023, she received a Spirit of Detroit Award, a Hero Award in the cultural arts category from the Torch of Wisdom Foundation, and the "Trailblazing Poet" award from Words, Beats & Life in Washington DC, in addition to a Testimonial Resolution from the City Council of Detroit. Appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, moore previously served on the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. She is a 2019 and 2017 Knight Arts Recipient, a 2018 Joyce Award Winner, 2016 Kresge Artist Fellow, the 2013 Alain Locke Award Recipient, and the 2015 NAACP Great Expectation Award Recipient.

moore's anticipated rock & roll project is a collaboration with powerhouse rock singer Steffanie Christ’ian. The duo’s album (and group name), We Are Scorpio, is slated for release in March 2024 on Talib Kweli’s Javotti Media label and moore’s Black Women Rock! brand.

moore captivated a national television audience in the ‘90s when she won the legendary It’s Showtime at the Apollo competition a record-breaking five times in a row—with a poem. moore's poetry and voice is prominently featured on the fourth floor of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture. A proud Detroiter, moore lives in the city with her son King, a musician, writer, and actor.

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