Every Hard Sweetness

In Every Hard Sweetness, Carter-Jones chronicles Civil Rights' era atrocities through the story of her family's experience with an all-too-common practice in which Black men were wrongfully incarcerated in institutions for the criminally insane. The result is a stunning work reflecting on race, criminalization, and the devastating consequences of a Black father's incarceration on his psyche and family, specifically his Black daughter. Told through a mixture of photography, ekphrasis, and erasure, Carter-Jones' powerful collection creates an extraordinary record of her family's life at a time of great suffering and upheaval.

Author: Sheila Carter-Jones
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: BOA Editions
Published: 04/16/2024
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781960145123