Issue 2

In Issue 2 of Off the Page, participating poets responded to Diamond Forde’s “fat girl Dances with a Stranger at a Block Party” from her collection, Mother Body. Diamond Forde celebrates, mourns, and redefines the journey of the fat girl through a landscape fixed on her disappearance and destruction. Artists, in collaboration with poets, initiated a conversation about the body and the way it takes up space.

Browse through the gallery, view the documentaries, and read Issue 2 below.

This project is partially supported by an Individual Artists Program

grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and

Special Events.

Thank you Woman Made Gallery for hosting our exhibition.