Concentrate: Poems
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In her virtuosic debut, Courtney Faye Taylor explores the under-told history of the murder of Latasha Harlins—a fifteen-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, after being falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice. Harlins’s murder and the following trial, which resulted in no prison time for Du, were inciting incidents of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, and came to exemplify the long-fraught relationship between Black and Asian American communities in the United States. Through a collage-like approach to collective history and storytelling, Taylor’s poems present a profound look into the insidious points at which violence originates against—and between—women of color.
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ISBN: 9781644452103
Published Date: November 1, 2022
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Page Count: 125
Size: 9.06" l x 7.08" w x 0.44" h
Category
Poetry
Subject
General