Concentrate : poems
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Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022].
Status
Forest Ave. Library - New Nonfiction - New Books
811 T2129
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American girls -- Poetry.
African American women -- Poetry.
Essays.
Girls, Black -- Poetry.
Harlins, Latasha.
Murder -- Poetry.
Poetry.
Queer poetry.
Race discrimination -- United States -- Poetry.
Racism -- Poetry.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 -- Poetry.
Shoplifting -- Poetry.
White nationalism -- United States -- Poetry.
Women, Black -- Poetry.
African American women -- Poetry.
Essays.
Girls, Black -- Poetry.
Harlins, Latasha.
Murder -- Poetry.
Poetry.
Queer poetry.
Race discrimination -- United States -- Poetry.
Racism -- Poetry.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 -- Poetry.
Shoplifting -- Poetry.
White nationalism -- United States -- Poetry.
Women, Black -- Poetry.
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Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2022].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Selected by Rachel Eliza Griffiths"--Title page.
Description
". . .Taylor delivers a layered elegy for Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean shopkeeper in 1992 during an uprising in response to the police beating of Rodney King. Harlins's death is symbolic for all murders of Black people, but Taylor carefully examines the event's particulars. Some of the collection's multimedia elements include photographs taken at the site of Empire liquor store, now a Numero Uno Market, and outside of Harlins's school. Taylor vividly recalls being told about Harlins with language as incendiary as it is haunting: "And when I found her name, fear had me/ rip a switch from its yard. Fear had me/ creased over a knee to be depleted." She relays the knowledge of racial injustice: "This horror was first told to me when I entered my body, so as I settle in unsettling skin, I book a room inside her absence." Taylor brilliantly illustrates the shadows that hang over Black life in America, but also the joys, such as the elders who educate and protect the younger generations, and also nurture and fiercely love them. . ."--Publisher marketing
Awards
Cave Canem Poetry Prize, 2021
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Taylor, C. F., Taylor, C. F., & Griffiths, R. E. (2022). Concentrate: poems . Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Taylor, Courtney Faye, Courtney Faye. Taylor and Rachel Eliza, Griffiths. 2022. Concentrate: Poems. Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Taylor, Courtney Faye, Courtney Faye. Taylor and Rachel Eliza, Griffiths. Concentrate: Poems Graywolf Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Taylor, Courtney Faye,, Courtney Faye Taylor, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths. Concentrate: Poems Graywolf Press, 2022.
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