{"product_id":"whitewash-9781960215253","title":"Whitewash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhitewash \u003c\/strong\u003eexplores the civil rights era and its lingering tensions in Shreveport, Louisiana. Narrative and lyrical poetry weave an intricate collection of voices struggling to come to terms with racism, complicity, and hypocrisy. Deeply researched, Frances Victory Schenkkan's poems also confront her own religious and family histories alongside these portraits of a fractured city-layering them into a broader examination of the ways that American culture, like The Great Raft that once stymied Shreveport growth, still bears many griefs in need of healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrances Victory Schenkkan is the author of \u003ci\u003eMr. Stevens' Secretary\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Arkansas Press). A National Poetry Series finalist, her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePOOL\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She lives in Austin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independent Publishers Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902143435026,"sku":"9781960215253","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05d7d7a0-20bb-4df9-95dd-820cd0f68cc3.jpg?v=1738447156","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whitewash-9781960215253","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}