Don't Say Practical Criticism, Say Fuck the Police. Issue 1 (April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rose, Marika
• Is Part Of: CounterText. Volume 7:Issue 1(2021:Apr.)
• Page Start: 180
• Page End: 184
• Publication Date: 2021-04
• Subjects: Alfred Starr Hamilton -- poetry -- policing -- whiteness; English literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Culture -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 820.9
• DOI: 10.3366/count.2021.0224
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4406

Abstract

Abstract : This article responds to John Wilkinson's piece, 'Moreover: Reading Alfred Starr Hamilton'. Opening with a consideration of the connections between language, law, economy, and freedom, it draws attention to Wilkinson's discussion of letters Hamilton wrote to the Montclair Police Department in 2020. These letters suggest that Hamilton's work might be usefully read as emerging from the economy of racial capitalism, and indicate the limits of his poetic search for freedom.