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Category: poetry

“Unshuttered” Fills 19th-Century Archival Silences with Staggering Sound

The featured image shows a copy of Unshuttered's cover pinned in on each side by a nineteenth century camera.

In Patricia Smith’s latest poetry collection, Black people in nineteenth century America are offered new voices in searing ekphrastic monologues.

Published February 13, 2023
Categorized as poetry Tagged archival work, ekphrasis, history, poetry
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