What I Am Reading: What God Is Honored Here?
This anthology gathers the voices of Indigenous women and women of color to break the isolation of perinatal and infant loss. It explores how culture, religion, and racialized medical trauma intersect with grief.
BOOKS I HAVE READ
What We Are Reading:
Title: What God Is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color.
Editors: Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang
This book is a compilation of over 20 essays and poems sharing the deep grief of pregnancy and infant loss through the lens of indigenous women and women of color. The anthology underscores the unique cultural, spiritual, and systemic realities of women of color as they navigate loss.
Why this book matters:
As a bereavement doula, I look for resources that honor all grieving bodies, and this book breaks the silence and stigma of pregnancy and infant loss. The authors stress how systemic issues surrounding race and ethnicity impact pregnancy outcomes and medical experiences. This anthology allows any reader to connect with the visceral, raw emotions of motherhood and profound loss.
Trigger Warning:
Please protect your well-being by pacing yourself as you go through these deeply courageous, raw, and heartbreaking stories of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirths, sudden infant death, and medical neglect.