{"product_id":"the-ferguson-report-nicole-sealey-9780593535998","title":"The Ferguson Report: An Erasure","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A meditation on our times, cast through a reconsideration of the Justice Department's investigation of the Ferguson Police Department\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn August 2014, Michael Brown--a young, unarmed Black man--was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. What followed was a period of protests and turmoil, culminating in an extensive report that was filed by the Department of Justice detailing biased policing and court practices in the city. It is a document that exposes the racist policies and procedures that have become commonplace--from disproportionate arrest rates, to flagrant violence directed at the Black community. It is a report that remains as disheartening as it is damning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, award-winning poet Nicole Sealey revisits the investigation in a book that redacts the report, an act of erasure that reimagines the original text as it strips it away. While the full document is visible in the background--weighing heavily on the language Sealey has preserved--it gives shape and disturbing context to what remains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIlluminating what it means to live in this frightening age, and what it means to bear witness, \u003ci\u003eThe Ferguson Report: An Erasure\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing meditation on one of the most important texts of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicole Sealey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593535995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593535998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred A. Knopf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Nicole Sealey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076645482751,"sku":"9780593535998","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb0fe7e0-e447-428b-8128-2d2f0880a784.jpg?v=1685466077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ferguson-report-nicole-sealey-9780593535998","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}