Title:
Dark testament : poems / Crystal Simone Smith.
ISBN:
9781250854360
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023.
©2023
Physical Description:
135 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Blackout poems" -- Cover.
Contents:
No justice, no peace -- Oscar Grant -- Eric Garner -- Black mothers and sons -- Trayvon Martin -- Sybrina Fulton -- #BLM -- Michael Brown -- Jordan Davis -- World and me -- Michelle Kenney & (Antwon Rose II) -- Daunte Wright -- Justified homicide -- Aiyana Jones, age 7 -- Laquan McDonald -- White witnesses -- Black witness -- Rodney King -- Civil Obedience -- Sandra Bland -- Jayland Walker -- Mr. Politician -- In memoriam -- Dilemma we all live with -- Ahmaud Arbery -- George Floyd -- Protest song -- Curfew hour -- Walter Scott -- Andrew Brown, Jr. -- Bloodshed -- Samuel Dubose -- Sean Bell -- Dear Mr. Legislator -- Philando Castile -- Levar Jones -- Breonna Taylor -- Hereafter -- Stephon Clark -- Freddie Gray -- Samaria Rice & (Tamir Rice) -- Elijah McClain -- Generations (An Elegy) -- Botham Jean -- All our sins -- In conversation: George Saunders and Crystal Simone Smith.
Summary:
"With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths--the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon. Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with our present moment, a call to action, and a plea for a more just future. Along with the poems, Dark Testament includes a stirring introduction by the author that speaks to the content of the poetry, a Q&A with George Saunders, and a full-color photo-insert that commemorates victims of unlawful killings with photographs of memorials that have been created in their honor."--Publisher marketing.
Interest age level:
014-018. Macmillan Publishers.
OCLC Number:
on1296117667
Availability:
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