A short collection of powerful poetry. Just Buffalo's Civil Writes Project intersperses student poetry with quotes from Toni Morrison, Carolyn Forche, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Poems to America's ghosts, reflections on refugee camps, and more offer profound thoughts on life and living.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “The Civil Writes Project dares to confront the history of segregation through a series of interconnected programs leading up to Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison's appearance at Just Buffalo Literary Center's BABEL series on November 9, 2017- exactly 50 years to the day of Dr. Martin Luther King's historic speech on the very same stage at Kleinhans Music Hall. Buffalo is at a pivotal moment in its history, benefiting from an exciting renaissance even as the city grapples with persistent racial disparities, gentrification, and educational inequality. Fifty years ago, Dr. King dared to imagine a future free of segregation. Now, let us come together through literature to be inspired by Toni Morrison as we imagine the next fifty years.”