Taylor, Courtney Faye
Concentrate: Poems
- ISBN 13:
- 9781644452103
- author:
- Taylor, Courtney Faye
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Graywolf Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 96
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 17.8 x 2.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Poetry, American, African American,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Concentrate Poems by Courtney Faye Taylor is a powerful exploration of violence against women of color in America. Through a collage-like approach to collective history and storytelling, Taylor presents a profound look into the insidious points at which violence originates. The poems interrogate inexorable encounters with American patriarchy and White supremacy, manifesting as sexual and racially charged violence. Taylor's inventive book radically reconsiders the cost of memory, forging a path to a future rooted in solidarity and possibility. Taylor writes, "Concentrate," she says. "We have decisions to make. Fire is that decision to make." This urgent and necessary work demands absolute focus on Black womanhood's relentless refusal to be unseen, even when such luminosity exposes an exceptional vulnerability to harm and erasure.
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