Proud Flesh

“I could not put this book down…. A fresh vibrant narrative for mothers, women, and anyone who has dared to fully look at the scars of the past.”—MOLLY CARO MAY, author of Body Full of Stars “Proud Flesh is a debut memoir that defies genre. Erotic, heart-rending, unexpected, courageous, breathtaking.… This book pressed itself into me and I will be recommending it for years to come.”—KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON, author of The Fourth Trimester “With writing that is brutal and beautiful, Gray writes of motherhood and womanhood and, beyond that, of personhood, in ways that are cutting and gorgeous.”—ABIGAIL ROSE CLARKE, author of Returning Home to Our Bodies

Catherine Simone Gray is a writer and educator whose writings on her blog Unsilenced Woman have captivated audiences globally of up to 2.5 million. An Emerging Writer in Roxane Gay’s The Audacity, Gray has also published essays in The Bitter Southerner and The Michigan Quarterly Review- Mixtape. She is the recipient of an Artist Fellowship by the Mississippi Arts Commission. Her writings on motherhood has been shared by respected organizations for new mothers, such as La Leche League, International Cesarean Awareness Network, and ImprovingBirth. She has been a guest on The Birth Hour, a #1 podcast in iTunes Kids & Family. She has delivered three addresses at the Mississippi Womanist Rally. With an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, she teaches writing classes for women, mothers, and caregivers. She lives in Jackson, Mississippi with her husband and their two children.