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A powerful mediation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic
Elegant, profound, and intoxicating—Spectral Evidence, Gregory Pardlo’s first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Digest, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the movement and militant separatist group famous for its violent stand-offs with the Philadelphia Police Department (“flames rose like orchids . . . blocks lay open like egg cartons”); and more.
At times challenging and at other times warm, inviting, and deeply personal (“it comes down to this: protecting every breath”), Spectral Evidence forces us to consider how we think about devotion, beauty and art; about the criminalization and death of Black lives; about justice, and how these have been inscribed into our present, our history, and the Western canon: “the forensic dreamer / . . . / . . . my art would be a mortician’s / paints.”
The price of "Spectral Evidence (Hardcover Book)" at Current Comics Monterey is USD $28.00.
The publisher of "Spectral Evidence (Hardcover Book)" is Knopf Publishing.
The genres of "Spectral Evidence (Hardcover Book)" are Poetry - American - African American & Black, Poetry - General, and Social Science - Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies.
"Spectral Evidence (Hardcover Book)" falls under the category of Books (Hardcover).
The writer of "Spectral Evidence (Hardcover Book)" is Gregory Pardlo.