A Declaration Of A Body Of Love (Paperback)

"but I guess you are so tough

you have to hide behind children

to do your business"

Dr. Lateef McLeod, with unapologetic fervor and clarity, offers vignettes of relevance, tales as intimate and salient as true life allows. Rich, bold, compassionate, candid, A Declaration of a Body of Love will hold your interest and speak to your heart.

Dr. McLeod is the author of three books of poetry, including Whispers of Krip Love Shouts of Krip Revolution (a tableau of radical elegance) and a novel. He has co-authored several anthologies and scholarly publications.

Dr. Lateef McLeod is building his career as a writer and a scholar. He was the ISAAC Lead Chair from 2016 to 2020 and then again from 2024 to 2026. He published his first poetry book, entitled A Declaration of A Body Of Love, in 2010 chronicling his life as a black man with a disability. He also published another poetry book, entitled Whispers of Krip Love, Shouts of Krip Revolution, in 2020. He co-authored another book of poetry called Studies in Brotherly Love in 2021. He currently is writing a novel tentatively entitled The Cool Status of Normal. He was in the 2007, 2016, 2020, and 2024 annual theater performances of Sins Invalid and also in their artist-in-residence performance in 2011 entitled Residence Alien.