Jordan Claire McCraw Chronicles The Toils Of Reassembling A Post-Traumatic Brain In Debut Poetry Collection, American Rapture: Poems From A Heartscape
November 28th, 2020 – New York, NY – What does one’s identity and concept of motherhood look like when their own mother has rejected them? American Rapture: Poems from a Heartscape is a collection of poetry that follows the author’s self-exploration in the aftermath of a postpartum nervous breakdown. Her poems explore relationships, struggles with self-identity and her eventual rebirth. Through the grueling battle to heal herself and her family, Jordan’s story personifies hope. As Jordan writes in one of her more wrenching poems, entitled “I was never meant to last”: “I’m strong enough to end this/ I’m the stopgap/ I’ll stop running…when my insecure foundation/ Breaks away…And the ocean overtakes me…I will know / That all my ancestors are watching.” In 2008 at the age of 21, Jordan Claire McCraw emigrated to England to marry the love of her life, and she assimilated as a high school teacher of Drama and English near Stonehenge. After giving birth to her son and immigrating back to
