| Description |
95 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Summary |
"I Am the Rage is a poetry collection that explores racial injustice from the raw, unfiltered viewpoint of a Black woman in America. Dr. Martina McGowan is a retired MD, a mother, and a poet. Her poetry provides insights that no think piece on racism can; putting readers in the uncomfortable position of feeling, reflecting, and facing what it means to be a Black American. This entire collection was created during 2020, many shortly after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, to name but a few"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
I Am the Rage -- Forever Lost between Sunlight and Shadow (for Breonna) -- Motivated Forgetting -- Human Enough -- Navigating This Hazardous Terrain -- Benediction Number 9 -- There Is Too Little Time -- America's Postpartum Depression -- In My Rearview Mirror -- America's Music -- Numb to the News -- Rhetoric -- We Still Stand (Noble and Proud) -- A Shocking New Race War -- How Could We Not Have Appreciated That -- Why We Beat Our Children -- A New Song -- Not Again -- Be Careful What You Ask of Me -- Traffic Stop -- How You Hate to Rape Me -- Tale of Two Georges -- America, Something Is Wrong -- Juneteenth -- We Are Alike, You and I -- BIPOC -- Spoken Words Fail Me But... -- Cultural Upheaval -- Today, I Cannot... -- What Sadness We Carry in Ordinary Times. |
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African Americans -- Poetry.
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Racism against Black people -- Poetry.
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Race relations -- Poetry.
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POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss.
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POETRY / Women Authors.
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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POETRY / American / African American & Black.
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Racism against Black people. (OCoLC)fst02029244
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African Americans -- Poetry.
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Racism -- Poetry.
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Race relations -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry (DNLM)D055821
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Ejaita, Diana, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: McGowan, Martina, I am the rage Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2021. 9781728245089 (DLC) 2020051810 |
| ISBN |
9781728245072 (paperback) |
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1728245079 (paperback) |
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9781728245089 (electronic publication) |
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