City Without Altar

by Jasminne Mendez

City Without Altar is a poetry collection and play in verse that explores what it means to live, love, heal and experience violence as a Black person in the world. The titular play in verse that sits at the center of the book seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of victims, survivors and living ancestors of the 1937 Haitian Massacre that occurred along the northwest Dominican/Haitian border during the Trujillo Era. Between the scenes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934819158
• ISBN13: 9781934819159
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Noemi Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.0"