Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration  by Diana Marie Delgado

Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration

Diana Marie Delgado with Nikky Finney (Contributor), SHE>i (Contributor), Rhionna Anderson (Contributor), Raquel Salas Rivera (Contributor), John Murillo (Contributor), Tongo Eisen-Martin (Contributor), Pat Ewok (Contributor), Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (Contributor), Eduardo Martinez (Contributor), Leeann Parker (Contributor), Kenneth Nadeau (Contributor), Angel Nafis (Contributor), Christopher Malec (Contributor), Randall Horton (Contributor), Kennedy A. Gisege (Contributor), Catherine LaFleur (Contributor), Cody Bruce (Contributor), Sandra Jackson (Contributor), Nicole Sealey (Contributor), Vickie Hicks (Contributor), Patricia Smith (Contributor), Jessica Hill (Contributor), Candace Williams (Contributor), Patrick Rosal (Contributor), Sarah Lynn Maatsch (Contributor), Natalie Diaz (Contributor), Hanif Abdurraqib (Contributor), Vanessa Angélica Villarreal (Contributor), James Pearl (Contributor), Sin á Tes Souhaits, Ada Limón (Contributor), Evie Shockley (Contributor), Reginald Dwayne Betts (Contributor), Christina Pernini (Contributor)

256 pages first pub 2025 (view editions)

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This book is ideal for readers who seek transformative, socially conscious poetry that confronts systemic injustice through raw, collective voices and demands introspection and action.

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Like A Hammer is an anthology of poems that unearths the shared traumas produced by America’s incarceration system.These powerful poems of witness seek to address the oppressive systems that make up the US prison-industrial complex, revealing crac...

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emotional: 75%

reflective: 75%

challenging: 62%

dark: 50%

sad: 50%

informative: 37%

inspiring: 25%

tense: 25%

hopeful: 12%


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