{"id":35331,"date":"2024-11-24T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=35331"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:07:50","slug":"gregory-pardlo-presents-two-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/gregory-pardlo-presents-two-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory Pardlo presents Two Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mobile-about-the-book\">\n<div id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9781524731786 isbn-related seemoreenable show\">\n<section class=\"overview\">\n<h5><em>Spectral Evidence<\/em>, Gregory Pardlo\u2019s first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for\u00a0<em>Digest<\/em>, moves fluidly among considerations of the pro-wrestler Owen Hart; Tituba, the only Black woman to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials; MOVE, the movement and militant separatist group famous for its violent stand-offs with the Philadelphia Police Department (\u201cflames rose like orchids . . . \/ blocks lay open like egg cartons\u201d); and more.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-34290\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-600x32.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-300x16.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-768x41.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: var(--heading--font-family); font-size: var(--heading--font-size-h4); font-weight: var(--heading--font-weight-strong); letter-spacing: var(--heading--letter-spacing-h4); color: var(--global--color-primary);\"><br \/>\nGregory Pardlo<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These two poems are from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/549725\/spectral-evidence-by-gregory-pardlo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> Spectral Evidence<\/em><\/a>. Longlisted for the National Book Award for poetry, Pardlo&#8217;s collection is a powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the author of <em>Digest\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Air Traffic.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"ose-vimeo ose-uid-a459f0a4f9c2e9fc2dfa27059b23ada9 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Gregory Pardlo\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1032761065?dnt=0&amp;app_id=122963&title=0&color=00ADEF&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0&loop=0&autopause=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Theater Selfie<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35334\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Theater-Selfie-Gregory-Pardlo-poem-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Theater-Selfie-Gregory-Pardlo-poem-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Theater-Selfie-Gregory-Pardlo-poem-600x793.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Theater-Selfie-Gregory-Pardlo-poem-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Theater-Selfie-Gregory-Pardlo-poem-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Theater-Selfie-Gregory-Pardlo-poem.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35332\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35332\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Spectral-Evidence-Gregory-Pardlo-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Spectral-Evidence-Gregory-Pardlo-cover.jpg 576w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Spectral-Evidence-Gregory-Pardlo-cover-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Spectral Evidence<\/em> is published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/549725\/spectral-evidence-by-gregory-pardlo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knopf<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Charm for Enduring the Dark Night of the Soul<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 320px;\"><em>Franz Boll (1849-1879)<br \/>\nP. 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