The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems

By Molly McCully Brown

Book Overview

A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017 Harrowing poems from a dark corner of American history by the winner of the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry. Haunted by thevoices of those committed to the notorious Virginia State Colony, epicenter ofthe American eugenics movement in the first half of the twentieth century, thisevocative debut marks the emergence of a poet of exceptional poise andcompassion, who grew up in the shadow of the Colony itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892554789
• ISBN13: 9780892554782
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Persea Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"