Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611863086)

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.

Author: Ronald Riekki
ISBN-10: 1611863082
ISBN-13: 9781611863086
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 350
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d