The Ferguson Report: An Erasure by Nicole Sealey David Calcutt while 'Floral Tribute' was composed

while 'Floral Tribute' was composed upon her death

It is rare to find such achievement in a first collection

Amanda Addison

or the well-borne weight of form and tradition lifts to reveal a friend having a kind and urgent word

Christi strikes the reader by her seraphic serenity

The Ferguson Report: An Erasure by Nicole Sealey David Calcutt while 'Floral Tribute' was composedIn August 2014, Michael Brown a young, unarmed black man was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. What followed was a period of protests and turmoil, culminating in an extensive report that was filed by the Department of Justice detailing biased policing and court practices in the city. It is a document that exposes the racist policies and practices that have become commonplace from disproportionate arrest rates, to flagrant