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The Ocean Cannot Be Blue
Kirsten Hampton set out not to write an authoritative history, but rather a poetic narrative about her family that is useful in the ripening reply to questions on an equitable society posed by Loving v. Virginia and larger history. While scholars and media pose hypotheses on the impact of the Loving case, Hampton contributes - through intimate, human experience - to the broadening of our modern consideration of love, law, gender, culture, identity and race.
- GenresPoetry
104 pages, Paperback
Published December 15, 2018
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September 8, 2023
Unfortunately just not my style of poetry. Many focused on the Lovings, the interracial couple whose Supreme Court case overturned the law against interracial marriage in the US. That story is really interesting but the poems fell a bit flat and didn't convey the emotion such a story demands.
from If The White Line Is On Your Side Do Not Cross Over: "fully I was told not to share not to share / what I was fully writing about about / when I said it was about deep personal choice"
from Woman In Jail With A Week To Think: "in the smallest hour stars the mariner's map / then drifting / from Africa / the Gold Coast / Biafra / bioluminescence / tears of black men and women forced to cross the sea"
from If The White Line Is On Your Side Do Not Cross Over: "fully I was told not to share not to share / what I was fully writing about about / when I said it was about deep personal choice"
from Woman In Jail With A Week To Think: "in the smallest hour stars the mariner's map / then drifting / from Africa / the Gold Coast / Biafra / bioluminescence / tears of black men and women forced to cross the sea"
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