Spectral evidence : poems / Gregory Pardlo.
"Elegant, profound, and intoxicating--this is the author's first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Digest. Moving fluidly between considerations of the hip-hop group NWA, 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--Pardlo ponders the development of his own identity and sense of self as it was shaped against the glaring forces of whiteness. At times challenging and at other times warm, inviting, and deeply personal ("Only by loving every child of this earth / can we be worthy of loving our own"), 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524731786
- ISBN: 1524731781
- ISBN: 9781524711054
- ISBN: 1524711055
- Physical Description: xvi, 101 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue -- The essay on faith. exordium -- narratio -- propositio -- partition -- confirmatio -- confutation -- digression -- peroratio -- Charm for the transmigration of the soul -- Occult -- Question and answer -- Know yourselves -- [Sonnet] -- Nunsploitation -- Allegory -- Epistemology of the phone booth -- Theater selfie -- Tall poppies -- Erasure -- Supernatural bread -- Nunsploitation -- In the name of the mother -- Notes on ch. 3 -- Theater selfie -- Charm for enduring the dark night of the soul -- Beauty school wig head: the Marion devotions -- Magnificat -- Theater selfie -- Dramaturgy for the bullet -- [Erasure] -- Dragonflies -- She shed -- Law & Order -- Spectral evidence -- [Erasure] -- Metaphor -- Convertible -- Multiple choices for ell persons -- Giornata (the work): the essay on fidelity. 1. -- 2. -- 4. -- 6. -- 7. -- 9. -- 10. -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography.
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- Identity (Philosophical concept) > Poetry.
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Available copies
- 16 of 16 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | 811.6 PAR (Text) | 37810435812010 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
