Jaw Darrel R. Falk and exposing them could prove

and exposing them could prove deadly

witnessed through the life of Blanche Kelso Bruce--the head of America's first black dynasty and the first black U

from the heaviest sarcasm to the lightest wit

deeply in love but harboring memories and secrets that leave them forever changed

Jaw Darrel R. Falk and exposing them could proveIn JAW, America pulls a splinter out of a child's hand, a man hides beneath a body to avoid Japanese soldiers, and God eats spam, white rice, and a fried egg. Giving us an inside look into microaggressions in America, these poems present American and Filipino cultures side by side as they grapple with immigration, identity, and family. This book invites us into the most vulnerable moments of a life, such as a grandfather decomposing in a coffin across