Overview

Focusing on contemporary issues, this text showcases a large collection of regional poets laureate writing on subjects critical to understanding social justice as it relates to the Great Lakes region. Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice includes writing by seventy-eight poets who truly represent the diversity of the Great Lakes region, including Rita Dove, Marvin Bell, Crystal Valentine, Kimberly Blaeser, Mary Weems, Karen Kovacik, Wendy Vardaman, Zora Howard, Carla Christopher, Meredith Holmes, Karla Huston, Joyce Sutphen, and Laren McClung, among others. City, state, and national poets laureate with ties to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin appear in these pages, organized around themes from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide,” calling on readers to act on behalf of victims of social injustice.

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Author:   Ronald Riekki ,  Andrea Scarpino
Publisher:   Michigan State University Press
Imprint:   Michigan State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781611863086

ISBN 10:   1611863082
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   01 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Foreword by Lisa Russ Spaar Editors’ Notes Who We Are, What Is Ours: An Introduction by Denise Sweet Prologue by Andrea Scarpino Louise Bogan | Resolve Rita Dove | Rosa Act: “In the face of hate, silence is deadly Apathy will be interpreted as acceptance—by the perpetrators, the public, and—worse—the victims If left unchallenged, hate persists and grows” Rita Dove | Trayvon, Redux Crystal Valentine | I Do Not Trust People Who Hang American Flags on Their Front Porches Kimberly Blaeser | Of the many ways to say: Please Stand Oscar Mireles | History Lesson Rob Hardy | The Arc Mary Weems | “A Piece of American History” Karen Kovacik | Adagio Wendy Vardaman | mend in progress Zora Howard | Red White and Blue Seuss Carla Christopher | A System Cannot Fail Carla Christopher | Reclaimed Joel Lipman | not telling the truth Unite: “Call a friend or coworker Organize allies from churches, schools, clubs, and other civic groups Create a diverse coalition Include children, police, and the media Gather ideas from everyone, and get everyone involved” Kimberly Blaeser | Sacred Stone Camp Rob Hardy | My Mother’s Pussy Hat Carson Borbely | sophia tells me Cavana I.O. Faithwalker | Evangelist Rob Rolfe | Heat Rob Rolfe | The Hole Meredith Holmes | The Real World Karla Huston | Nogales, Arizona Howard D Paap | Raising the Flag Kimberly Blaeser | Bawaajige Joyce Sutphen | I Say Amen Laren McClung | For Ibrahim Qashoush Joel Lipman | Calligraphy Support Victims: “Let victims know you care Support them with comfort and protection” Kimberly Blaeser | Regarding the Care of Homeless Children Rick Kearns | Tecoani and Alejandro Aliki Barnstone | Monochrome Prison Karen Kovacik | Your Neck: A History Rebecca Zseder | Nameless Mary Weems | Gray Note William Trowbridge | Mercy Barbara Buckman Strasko | Esperancia Rob Rolfe | No Details Norbert Krapf | The Potter’s Hand Russell Thorburn | I Return to the Surface of the Earth Wearing My Miner’s Helmet with Its Third Eye Ellie Schoenfeld | Some Things I’ve Noticed about Jesus David Jones | North Star damian lopes | our home on native land Joel Lipman | BeriBeri Do Your Homework: “An informed campaign improves its effectiveness” Donald Hall | Bacteria Tony Pena | Bully Bliss Sarah Sadie (Busse) | She Is So Fragile, This Figure, Set Here to Stand Joyce Sutphen | Black and White Photographs M L Liebler | American Psalm: Viola Liuzzo—American Hero Kevin Stein | The Narcissistic Poet’s Mad-Lib Kevin Stein | Postcards of the Homefront Yolanda Wisher | the ballad of laura nelson George Elliott Clarke | The Progress of Servitude George Elliott Clarke | The True History of Jesse Williams James Armstrong | Pulling Out Larry Jensen | Burial Ground Emilio DeGrazia | Visitations Peter Meinke | Carina damian lopes | la mémorial des martyrs français de la déportation Ken McCullough | Patriotism Howard D Paap | Signs of the Times Joel Lipman | mortality varies Create an Alternative: “Every act of hatred should be met with an act of love and unity Hold a unity rally or parade to draw media attention away from hate” Carla Christopher | Thirty-Six-Thirty Carla Christopher | Why Our Boys Create Their Own Scars: A Mother’s Lament Patricia J Goodrich | Holstein and Stones Fred Wah | Idle No More: Dec 29/2012 Christopher Bursk | Confiscated Weapons Christopher Bursk | Close Your Eyes, I Tell the Men George Bowering | Social Justice Naomi Long Madgett | Dixie Land Blues Crystal Valentine | I Whip My Hair Back and Forth Crystal Valentine | We Are Born with Our Hands Bleeding Cavana I O Faithwalker | Devil’s Plague John B Lee | Beyond the last sandbar Rick Kearns | The Geo-Politics of Uptown Skunks Joyce Sutphen | Eleanor Beardsley in Paris Rita Dove | Lady Freedom Among Us Joel Lipman | make them think I am king Speak Up: “Hate must be exposed and denounced An informed and unified community is the best defense against hate” Jim Ferris | Comprehensive List / of All Benefits / to Being Disabled / in Contemporary America Rebecca Zseder | Voices Christine Howey | I Was a Male Impersonator for 40 Years Christine Howey | The Female Circumspection Act Craig Czury | Let The Poets In Pauletta Hansel | Passage Anna Yin | Thirteen Ways of Looking at Smog George Kalamaras | For All the Russian Wolfhounds—the Borzoi—Slaughtered During the Revolution, 1917 George Kalamaras | Pack-A-Day Dog Roger Nash | The Shell-Shocked Rocking Chair Anna Yin | Dance of the Old Year, 2016 Patricia Clark | West of Syria Otter Jung-Allen | The Man on the Train or, What I Have Been Named Into Christine Howey | I’m Gonna Get the DTs over DT in the DC Marvin Bell | Little Napoleon / or: Foreign Policy Heather H Thomas | Atonement Pauletta Hansel | November 10, 2016 Joel Lipman | how ma / ny flags / were too / many fla / gs for / the dead Lobby Leaders: “Elected offi cials and other community leaders can be important allies [in the fight against hate]” Rita Dove | Freedom Ride Marvin Bell | The Book of the Dead Man (Desperate in America) Andrea Scarpino | There Was a Man [excerpts] Fred Wah | Re Politics of Location Siduri Beckman | Women’s March Joel Lipman | George Popham Look Long Range: “Expand your community’s comfort zones so you can learn and live together” Wendy Vardaman | @ChazenArtUW at the First Folio Exhibit the day after a woman loses the presidency like a heart balloon ripped from her fist Kimberly Blaeser | Tribal Mound, Earth Sutra Tom Cull | After Rivers Dennis Hinrichsen | [short film with gun and flame] Samuel Hazo | Signs of Life in a Sundown City Sue MacLeod | It’s okay if we wreck this planet L S Klatt | Silo damian lopes | kandahar time Martin Achatz | Waiting for Independence Day Fireworks 2013 Aliki Barnstone | Fire on the Waters Joel Lipman | Code Word Teach Tolerance: “Bias is learned early, often at home Schools can offer lessons in tolerance and acceptance Host a diversity and inclusion day on campus Reach out to young people who may be susceptible to hate group propaganda and prejudice” Siduri Beckman | Trouble Writing Karla Huston | Tempting Mystery Thomas O’Connell | Foreshadowing Means Nothing to Us Kids Yolanda Wisher | diversity day Yolanda Wisher | blues & vision for PS whatever Thomas Leduc | Paper Dolls Samuel Hazo | For Which It Stands Larry Jensen | Th is Great Lake Town Rodney Torreson | Th e Brooder House Rabbits Liz Zetlin | Ground Truthing on her twentieth day Dig Deeper: “Tolerance, fundamentally, is a personal decision It comes from an attitude that is learnable and embraceable: a belief that every voice matters, that all people are valuable, that no one is ‘less than’ Look inside yourself for prejudices and David Helwig | Walt Whitman on the TTC Sarah Sadie (Busse) | A Poem Does Invite Deborah Cooper | Talking to Strangers Liz Zetlin | The Warnings Yolanda Wisher | blues for PS whatever 2 Joel Lipman | mistakes Sandra Fees | After Dr Bonganjalo Goba’s Death Shari Wagner | The farm wife receives a certified letter Sandra Fees | Keeping Time at the Family Detention Center Sandra Fees | Asylum Thwarted Pauletta Hansel | On Grief: November 2016 Jim Ferris | Contagious Howard D Paap | A Life Reborn Shari Wagner | The Rhoads Family John B Lee | He tells me George Elliott Clarke | À Rimini Sheila Packa | Dialectics Sarah Sadie (Busse) | If Only Laurence Sansone | 20 Percent Joel Lipman | inflammatory conditions What Can You Do?: “Pick up the phone Call friends and colleagues Host a neighborhood or community meeting Speak up in church Suggest some action Sign a petition Attend a vigil Lead a prayer Report acts of hate-fueled vandalism, as a neighborhood or a comm Contributors

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In Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice, Great Lakes poetry washes our souls from the tiredness of the long roads we crossed and makes our journey worth it. Like water, it flows and, without discrimination, reflects our faces one by one. --DUNYA MIKHAIL, 2001 recipient of the United Nations Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing

In Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice, Great Lakes poetry washes our souls from the tiredness of the long roads we crossed and makes our journey worth it. Like water, it flows and, without discrimination, reflects our faces one by one. --DUNYA MIKHAIL, 2001 recipient of the United Nations Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing

“In Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice, Great Lakes poetry washes our souls from the tiredness of the long roads we crossed and makes our journey worth it. Like water, it flows and, without discrimination, reflects our faces one by one.” —DUNYA MIKHAIL, 2001 recipient of the United Nations Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing

Author Information

Ron Riekki is an award-winning poet, novelist, and playwright. He edited The Way North, Here, and And Here. Andrea Scarpino is the author of poetry collections Once Upon Wing Lake, What the Willow Said as It Fell, and Once, Then. She served as Poet Laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from 2015 to 2017.

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