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Every hard sweetness : poems / by Sheila Carter-Jones.
Van Pelt Library E185.86 .C326 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter-Jones, Sheila, author.
- Series:
- American poets continuum series v. 205
- American poets continuum series ; no. 205
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carter-Jones, Sheila.
- African American families.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Imprisonment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Imprisonment.
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Physical Description:
- 137 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, LTD., 2024.
- Summary:
- "In Every Hard Sweetness, Carter-Jones chronicles Civil Rights' era atrocities through the story of her family's experience with an all-too-common practice in which Black men were wrongfully incarcerated in institutions for the criminally insane. The result is a stunning work reflecting on race, criminalization, and the devastating consequences of a Black father's incarceration on his psyche and family, specifically his Black daughter. Told through a mixture of photography, ekphrasis, and erasure, Carter-Jones' powerful collection creates an extraordinary record of her family's life at a time of great suffering and upheaval"-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Carter-Jones, Sheila. Every hard sweetness
- ISBN:
- 9781960145123
- 1960145126
- OCLC:
- 1391325939
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