Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics

by Wayde Compton

Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics seeks to dislodge the often unspoken white universalism that underpins literary production and reception today. In this personal and thoughtful book, award-winning author Wayde Compton explores how we might collectively develop a poetic approach that makes space for diversity by doing away with universalism in both lyric and avant-garde verse. Poignant and contemporary examples reveal how white authors often forget that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772127434
• ISBN13: 9781772127430
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.9"