
Dark Testament
Blackout Poems
Crystal Simone Smith(Author)
Henry Holt & Company Inc (Publisher)
Published on 13. February 2023
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-250-85436-0 (ISBN)
Description
With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths - the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon.
Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with our present moment, a call to action, and a plea for a more just future.
Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with our present moment, a call to action, and a plea for a more just future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 14 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
4c photo insert
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-85436-0 (9781250854360)
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01/2023
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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Person
Crystal Simone Smith is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Routes Home, and Running Music. She is also the author of Wildflowers: Haiku, Senryu, and Haibun. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Callaloo, Nimrod, Barrow Street, Obsidian II: Literature in the African Diaspora, African American Review, and Mobius: The Journal of Social Change. She is an alumna of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop and the Yale Summer Writers Conference. She holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband and two sons where she teaches English composition and creative writing. She is the managing editor of Backbone Press. crystalsimonesmith.com