| Edition |
First edition |
| Description |
x, 116 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"In August, 2014, Michael Brown--a young, unarmed black man--was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. What followed was a period of protests and turmoil, culminating in an extensive report that was filed by the Department of Justice detailing biased policing and court practices in the city. It is a document that exposes the racist policies and practices that have become commonplace--from disproportionate arrest rates, to flagrant violence directed at the Black community. It is a report that remains as disheartening as it is damning. Now, acclaimed poet Nicole Sealey revisits the investigation in a book that redacts the report, an act of erasure that reimagines the original text as it strips it away. While the full document is visible in the background--weighing heavily on the language Sealey has preserved--it gives shape and disturbing context to what remains. Illuminating what it means to live in this frightening age and what it means to bear witness, The Ferguson Report: An Erasure is an engrossing meditation on one of the most important texts of modern time"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Ferguson report -- Poetry.
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Brown, Michael, Jr., 1996-2014 -- Poetry.
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Police shootings -- Missouri -- Ferguson -- Poetry.
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African Americans -- Violence against -- Poetry.
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United States -- Race relations -- Poetry.
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Brown, Michael, Jr., 1996-2014. (OCoLC)fst01931873
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African Americans -- Violence against.
(OCoLC)fst02025838
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Police shootings. (OCoLC)fst01068686
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Missouri -- Ferguson.
(OCoLC)fst01232264
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Erasure poetry. (OCoLC)fst01941322
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Erasure poetry.
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| ISBN |
9780593535998 (hardcover) |
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0593535995 (hardcover) |
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9780593536001 (ebook) |
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