This bold and electric artist has shared the stage with the late Ossie Davis, CeCe Winans, Gregory Hines, Anthony David, Norah Jones, Amiri Baraka, Patti Labelle, Roy Ayers, Mos Def, The Last Poets, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Nikki Giovanni, Steve Harvey, Maya Angelou and many others. Harvard Black Mens Forum honored her with their Woman of the Year Award. As an internationally respected author and poet she has rocked stages all around the world from Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Berlin, Paris, Holland, England, Scotland and many others.
Jessica is among the few poets who can attract more than a literary crowd; bringing people from diverse backgrounds together through her passionate story, and the universal raw truths that permeate inside her poems. This Detroit bred natural born entertainer fuses a rock band with hip hop and poetry for her music performances. Her band, Detroit Read (pronounced "red"), fuses soul and rock 'n roll with poetry. Moore says some of her music sound is inspired by Prince, Betty Davis, Janis Joplin, The Temptations, Annie Lenox and Marvin Gaye.
Moore Black Press proudly published famed poets, Saul Williams and Shariff Simmons; Def Poetry Jam's co-founder, Danny Simmons, NBA Athlete-Etan Thomas, Activist and Poet-Ras Baraka and former Essence Magazine editor and author-Asha Bandele.
Her own literary work has received wide exposure, as she has been published
in several major anthologies including; "A Different Image," (U of D
Mercy Press, 2004), "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).
She is the youngest poet published in the "Prentice Hall Anthology of
African American Women's Literature," by Valerie Lee, alongside
literary greats, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Octavia Butler Maya
Angelou and many others.
Jessica has been featured in The New York Times, Essence, Blaze, Source, Vibe, African Voices, Bomb, Mosaic, Good News, Savoy, One World, BE, Ambassador Magazine and many others. The poet’s return to the “D” was met with much buzz as she graced the covers of The Metro Times, African American Family, The Detroit News, and The Detroit Free Press.
As this talented young powerhouse continues on her journey for success, she hasn’t forgotten her roots. In 2009 she founded The jess Care moore Foundation, which will focus on youth literacy, publishing programs, life skills training, creative writing, mentorship and all form of expression through art.
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