Graphite |
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| Author:
| Frazier, Patricia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-64259-000-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2018 |
| Publisher: | Haymarket Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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Patricia Frazier's Graphite is an ode to her grandmother and childhood home, the Ida B. Wells Projects, both which the poet lost to city- and state-sanctioned discrimination. The chapbook investigates loss and gentrification, particularly their effects on black young people from Chicago, whose political movement, resilience, and ability to make cel
Patricia Frazier's Graphite is an ode to her grandmother and childhood home, the Ida B. Wells Projects, both which the poet lost to city- and state-sanctioned discrimination. The chapbook investigates loss and gentrification, particularly their effects on black young people from Chicago, whose political movement, resilience, and ability to make cel