An Evening with Nicole Sealey, John Murillo, and Hanif Abdurraqib - April 22, 2021

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UA Poetry Center

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An Evening with Nicole Sealey, John Murillo, and Hanif Abdurraqib

As part of the Institute for Inquiry and Poetics and the Art for Justice series, Nicole Sealey, John Murillo, and Hanif Abdurraqib read from and discuss their writing centered on police violence, the carceral justice system, and racial injustice towards Black Americans. Sealey specifically reads excerpts from her then-unpublished manuscript The Ferguson Report: An Erasure (2023). Diana Marie Delgado leads a conversation throughout the event.

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Welcome and Introductions
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by Diana Marie Delgado

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"Pages 1-4" and "Pages 9-14," an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure
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Sealey, Nicole. The Ferguson Report: An Erasure. New York: Knopf, 2023.

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"All the TV Shows Are About Cops (You can always tell...)"
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Uncollected.

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"Enter the Dragon"
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Murillo, John. Up Jump the Boogie. New York: Cypher Books, 2010.

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"Pages 22-29" and "Pages 30-34," an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure
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Sealey, Nicole. The Ferguson Report: An Erasure. New York: Knopf, 2023.

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"All the TV Shows Are About Cops (The psychic with the glowing windows...)"
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Uncollected.

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"The Ballad of Stagger Lee"
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Uncollected.

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"Pages 5-8," an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure
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Sealey, Nicole. The Ferguson Report: An Erasure. New York: Knopf, 2023.

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"Maggot Brain"
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Read by Hanif Abdurraqib. Differs slightly from published version.

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Matejka, Adrian. Mixology. New York: Penguin, 2009.

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"For Freckle-Faced Gerald"
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Read by John Murillo. 

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Knight, Etheridge. The Essential Etheridge Knight. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986.

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