police violence
Lawz, Shayla. speculation, n. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2021, pp. 25, 31, 43-44.
Lawz, Shayla. speculation, n. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2021, pp. 47-51, 64.
Lawz, Shayla. speculation, n. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2021, pp. 5-8, 18-19, 21.
Uncollected.
Doty, Mark. "In Two Seconds." American Poetry Review, vol. 44, no. 3, May/June 2015, p. 40.
Shayla Lawz reads from her book speculation, n. (2021), which revolves around survival and Black life amidst police violence within the age of social media and the 24/7 news cycle. Lawz creates a unique performed version of her book through repetition and distortions not present on the page. This reading was originally given alongside Aria Aber as part of the Morgan Lucas Schuldt Memorial Reading Series.
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