In Every Hard Sweetness, Carter-Jones chronicles Civil Rights' era atrocities through the story of her family's experience with an all-too-common practice in which Black men were wrongfully incarcerated in institutions for the criminally insane. The result is a stunning work reflecting on race, criminalization, and the devastating consequences of a Black father's incarceration on his psyche and family, specifically his Black daughter. Told through a mixture of photography, ekphrasis, and erasure, Carter-Jones' powerful collection creates an extraordinary record of her family's life at a time of great suffering and upheaval.
| ISBN: | 9781960145123 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2024 |
| Author: | Sheila CarterJones |
| Publisher: | BOA Editions an imprint of BOA Editions Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 137 pages |
| Series: | American Poets Continuum Series |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: men and boys Ethnic studies |