Discordant by Richard Hamilton (2023, Trade Paperback)

Autumn House Press

DiscordantAuthor(s): Richard Hamilton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Autumn House Press, United States\nImprint: Autumn House Press\nISBN-13: 9781637680735, 978-1637680735\nSynopsis\nLyrical poetry offering multilayered examinations of injusticesfrom mass incarceration to failing schools and right-wing fascism.\n Richard Hamiltons second poetry collection, Discordant, is a searing examination of injustice both within the United States and abroad, from criticisms of the US military-industrial complex and failing healthcare system to multilayered observations of marginalization through the lenses of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Hamiltons poems look closely at increased austerity measures, commitment to mass incarceration and private prisons, disdain for workers and labor resistance, the expansion of the US military budget, the disappearance of federal subsidies for the working poor, failing schools and teacher shortages, market inflation and price gouging, and the rising tide of.