Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat

Copyright © 2021 by Khalisa Rae

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No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner.

Book design by Mark E. Cull

Edited by Safia Elhillo

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Rae, Khalisa, author.

Title: Ghost in a Black girl’s throat : poems / Khalisa Rae.

Description: First edition. | Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2021]

Identifiers: LCCN 2020046310 (print) | LCCN 2020046311 (ebook) | ISBN 9781597098854 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781597094825 (epub)

Subjects: LCGFT: Poetry.

Classification: LCC PS3618.A3594 G48 2021 (print) | LCC PS3618.A3594 (ebook) | DDC 811/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020046310

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020046311

The National Endowment for the Arts, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the Ahmanson Foundation, the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, the Max Factor Family Foundation, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation, the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Audrey & Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation, the Kinder Morgan Foundation, the Meta & George Rosenberg Foundation, the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, the Adams Family Foundation, the Riordan Foundation, Amazon Literary Partnership, the Sam Francis Foundation, and the Mara W. Breech Foundation partially support Red Hen Press.

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