The Listen & Be Heard Hour for Readers & Writers
s4e9, March 5th, 2026
Karla Brundage’s Blood Lies: Race Trait(or) is about race. It is about the history of race, about imposed racial definitions like mulatto and quadroon. And then next to these historical poems are heart rending poems about how race is lived now, about the way these racial impositions continue to resonant. But it is not all about being caught. What makes this book so strong is that it is also about moments of escape from these terms too. It is a book that is biting and yet affirmative.
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
