A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by Damaris B. Hill

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland

Damaris B. Hill

1 hour, 59 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
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A revelatory work in the tradition of Claudia Rankine's Citizen, DaMaris Hill's searing and powerful narrative-in-verse bears witness to American women of colour burdened by incarceration. 'It is costly to stay free and appear / sane.'From Harriet...

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reflective 83%
challenging 50%
emotional 45%
informative 45%
dark 29%
sad 29%
inspiring 20%
hopeful 4%
mysterious 4%
tense 4%

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medium 73%
fast 26%

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