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Key ideas from the book
- The poems confront violence directed at Black men and the grief it leaves behind.
- The collection revisits the murder of Emmett Till in relation to present-day racial violence.
- Mothers’ mourning is a central subject of the poems.
- Smith draws on forms including prose poems, ghazals, sestinas, and sonnets.
- The poems consider witness, history, and resistance.
About Incendiary Art: Poems by Patricia Smith
Published by TriQuarterly in 2017, Incendiary Art is a poetry collection concerned with racial violence, the Black male body, and the grief of mothers. Patricia Smith returns to the murder of Emmett Till and places that history alongside present-day racial calamities and calls for resistance.
The collection brings together forms including prose poems, ghazals, sestinas, and sonnets. Its focus on mourning, history, and the act of bearing witness may interest readers of contemporary poetry, African American literature, and writing about race and social justice.
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