police violence

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Shockley, Evie. suddenly we. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2023. 

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Lawz, Shayla. speculation, n. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2021, pp. 25, 31, 43-44.

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Lawz, Shayla. speculation, n. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2021, pp. 47-51, 64.

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Lawz, Shayla. speculation, n. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2021, pp. 5-8, 18-19, 21.

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Doty, Mark. "In Two Seconds." American Poetry Review, vol. 44, no. 3, May/June 2015, p. 40. 

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Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence. Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023.

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Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.

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Reeves, Roger. Best Barbarian. New York: W.W. Norton, 2022.

Reading

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.

Reading

Charif Shanahan reads from his second collection of poetry, Trace Evidence (2023), which considers mixed-race identity and the construction of race alongside the struggle to find and make meaning in one's life.

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