Yard Show - Janice N. Harrington

Winner Of The 90th Anisfield-wolf Book Awardwinner Of The 2025 Penvoelcker Awardfinalist For The Midland Authors Award (poetry)longlisted For The 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awardnamed One Of The Top 25 Best New Poetry Books By The New York Public Libraryblack History, Cultural Expression, And The Natural World Fuse In Janice N. Harrington's Yard Show To Investigate How Black Americans Have Shaped A Sense Of Belonging And Place Within The Midwestern United States. As Seen Through The Documentation Of Objects Found Within Yard Shows, This Collection Of Descriptive, Lyrical, And Experimental Poems Speaks To The Black American Imagination In All Its Multiplicity.harringtons Speaker Is A Chronicler Of Yesterdays, Using The Events Of The Past To Center And Advocate For A Future That Celebrates Pleasure And Self-fulfillment Within Black Communities.