{"product_id":"admit-one-an-american-scrapbook-paperback","title":"Admit One: An American Scrapbook - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Martha Collins: \u003cbr\u003e \"A dazzling poet whose poetry is poised at the juncture between the lyric and ethics, Martha Collins has addressed some of the most traumatic social issues of the twentieth century . . . in supple and complex poems. . . .[N]o subject is off limits for her piercing intellect.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Cynthia Hogue, \u003ci\u003eAWP Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAdmit One: An American Scrapbook\u003c\/i\u003e, Martha Collins relentlessly traces the history of scientific racism from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair through the eugenics movement of the 1920s. Using a wide variety of documentary sources, including her Illinois grandfather's newspaper, Collins constructs a \"scrapbook\" of fragments, quotations, narrative passages, and lyrical riffs that reveal startling connections between the Fair, the Bronx Zoo, and ideas that culminated in anti-immigration, anti-miscegenation, and eugenic sterilization laws in 1924. Among the book's recurring elements are evolving portraits of the \"exhibited\" African Ota Benga, the sterilization victim Carrie Buck, and the eugenicist Madison Grant, whose reach extended to Nazi Germany. Following the practice begun in her book-length poem \u003ci\u003eBlue Front\u003c\/i\u003e and continued in her exploration of race in \u003ci\u003eWhite Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, Collins combines careful research with innovative poetic techniques to create an arresting account of a segment of American history that haunts us even today. \u003ci\u003eAdmit One\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, troubling, necessary read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726448193843,"sku":"9780822964056","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YW03ZnJPS3ZrNzZKRmlMZTFORUNBdz09.webp?v=1763737244","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/admit-one-an-american-scrapbook-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}