{"product_id":"concentrate-poems","title":"Concentrate: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003en her virtuosic debut, Courtney Faye Taylor explores the under-told history of the murder of Latasha Harlins—a fifteen-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, after being falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice. Harlins’s murder and the following trial, which resulted in no prison time for Du, were inciting incidents of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, and came to exemplify the long-fraught relationship between Black and Asian American communities in the United States. Through a collage-like approach to collective history and storytelling, Taylor’s poems present a profound look into the insidious points at which violence originates against—and between—women of color.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apt 105 Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51373694353684,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/5019\/1380\/files\/IMG_0640.webp?v=1759575244","url":"https:\/\/apt105books.com\/products\/concentrate-poems","provider":"Apt 105 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}