![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Personal, historic, and contemporary confrontations with white supremacy, such as “Triptych for Trayvon Martin,” feature prominently. The title sequence is the collection’s highlight Young recalls memories of the Topeka church of his youth-“where Great/ Aunts keep watch,/ their hair shiny// as our shoes”-while addressing its intimate connection to Brown v. Young ( Bunk), director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and poetry editor of the New Yorker, reflects on the varied nature and meanings of brownness in a typically ambitious collection that honors black culture and struggle. ![]()
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