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Concentrate : poems /

Taylor delivers a layered elegy for Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean shopkeeper in 1992 during an uprising in response to the police beating of Rodney King. Harlins's death is symbolic for all murders of Black people, but Taylor carefully examines the event's pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Courtney Faye (Author)
Other Authors: Griffiths, Rachel Eliza (author of introduction.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Graywolf Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Harlins, Latasha.
Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992 > Poetry.
Murder > Poetry.
Shoplifting > Poetry.
Girls, Black > Poetry.
Women, Black > Poetry.
Racism > Poetry.
White nationalism > Poetry.
POETRY / American / General.
POETRY / American / African American & Black.
POETRY / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander.

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