In Her Arms

In Her Arms is a powerful collection of nonfiction stories, essays, and poems that center the intimate, complex relationships between Black women and their mothers, grandmothers, and daughters. Through deeply personal reflections, this anthology reveals the beauty, tension, and transformation within these bonds?each shaped by the intersections of love, legacy, and survival. The contributors, Black women from diverse backgrounds, explore how they have been mothered and how they mother, often while navigating the clash between Western cultural norms and traditional African or Caribbean parenting values. The collection offers raw and tender portraits of Black girlhood and womanhood, threading together themes of joy, loss, resilience, resistance, and generational wisdom. At its heart, In Her Arms honors the layered truths of Black maternal relationships and the enduring power they hold in shaping identity, healing generational wounds, and passing on strength.