A collection of lyric poetry that explores the implications of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and desegregation on a city, families, and the greater discourse on race and social justice today. It is a heartfelt book written from the perspective of a Tulsan with deep roots in the city.
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Markham Johnson won the Pablo Neruda Prize from Nimrod. His first book of poetry, Collecting the Light, was chosen for the University of Central Florida’s Contemporary Poetry Series, and a chapbook, Starlings, Grackles, Redwings, was selected by Philip Levine for publication by the South Florida Poetry Review. He has three children, three grandchildren, and lives with his wife, Dawn, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.