Graphite: Patricia Frazier Kusama Branded He drinks tea without the

He drinks tea without the slightest slurp

On the Nadir watch

”) In the Afro-Cuban context

The stars belong in the deep night sky

Solid wood handle made from sustainably sourced Birch wood

Graphite: Patricia Frazier Kusama Branded He drinks tea without thePatricia Fraziers Graphite is an ode to her grandmother and childhood home, the Ida B. Wells Projects, both which the poet lost to city and state sanctioned discrimination. The chapbook investigates loss and gentrification, particularly their effects on black young people from Chicago, whose political movement, resilience, and ability to make celebration after pain, drive these poems. "Patricia Fraziers Graphite gathers us at the table and provides