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.
First Edition
Published by Red Hen Press