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02087aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 76866388FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 180924t20192019enka b 000 p eng d 020 $a 1784742619 020 $a 9781784742614 035 $a (OCoLC)1053986914 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d TOH $d CGU $d UKOBU $d YDXIT $d UIU $d SHS $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UAB $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a PR6102 E753 A6 2019 100 1 $a Bernard, Jay, $d 1988- $e author. 240 10 $a Poems. $k Selections 245 10 $a Surge / $c Jay Bernard. 264 1 $a London : $b Chatto & Windus, $c 2019. 300 $a xi, 58 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a Jay Bernard's extraordinary debut is a fearlessly original exploration of the black British archive: an enquiry into the New Cross Fire of 1981, a house fire at a birthday party in south London in which thirteen young black people were killed. Dubbed the 'New Cross Massacre', the fire was initially believed to be a racist attack, and the indifference with which the tragedy was met by the state triggered a new era of race relations in Britain. Tracing a line from New Cross to the 'towers of blood' of the Grenfell fire, this urgent collection speaks with, in and of the voices of the past, brought back by the incantation of dancehall rhythms and the music of Jamaican patois, to form a living presence in the absence of justice. A ground-breaking work of excavation, memory and activism - both political and personal, witness and documentary - Surge shines a much-needed light on an unacknowledged chapter in British history, one that powerfully resonates in our present moment. 650 0 $a English poetry $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Blacks $z England $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Fires $z England $v Poetry. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Race relations $v Poetry. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204030807.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=76866388FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search