| Description |
xi, 125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Selected by Rachel Eliza Griffiths"--Title page. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Rachel Eliza Griffiths -- "So far" -- Arizona? -- A thin obsidian life is heaving on a time limit you set -- The phenomenon of withholding -- Four memorials -- Citrus visiting me with cruelty -- Paradise. |
| Summary |
". . .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 |
| Subject |
Harlins, Latasha.
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Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 -- Poetry.
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Murder -- Poetry.
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Shoplifting -- Poetry.
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Girls, Black -- Poetry.
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Women, Black -- Poetry.
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African American women -- Poetry.
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African American girls -- Poetry.
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Racism -- Poetry.
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Race discrimination -- United States -- Poetry.
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White nationalism -- United States -- Poetry.
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POETRY / American / General.
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POETRY / American / African American & Black.
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POETRY / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander.
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Harlins, Latasha. (OCoLC)fst01925818
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Girls, Black. (OCoLC)fst02041079
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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Shoplifting. (OCoLC)fst01116876
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White nationalism. (OCoLC)fst01895876
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Women, Black. (OCoLC)fst01178916
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California -- Los Angeles.
(OCoLC)fst01204540
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Rodney King Riots (Los Angeles, California : 1992) (OCoLC)fst01910488
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| Chronological Term |
1992
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| Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Container of (work) : Taylor, Courtney Faye.
"So far."
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Container of (work) : Taylor, Courtney Faye.
Arizona?
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Container of (work) : Taylor, Courtney Faye.
Thin obsidian life is heaving on a time limit you set.
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Container of (work) : Taylor, Courtney Faye.
Phenomenon of withholding.
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Container of (work) : Taylor, Courtney Faye.
Four memorials.
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Container of (work) : Taylor, Courtney Faye.
Citrus visiting me with cruelty.
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Container of (work) : Taylor, Courtney Faye.
Paradise.
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Griffiths, Rachel Eliza, writer of introduction.
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| ISBN |
9781644452103 (paperback) |
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1644452103 (paperback) |
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