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\nMemoir  \nOrdinary Light  \n# AMERICAN JOURNALFIFTY POEMS FOR OUR TIME\n\nSELECTED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY  \nTRACY K.SMITH  \nPermission acknowledgments appear on pages 115-120.  \nThis publication is made possible,in part,by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota StateArts Board Operating Support grant,thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts andcultural heritage fund,and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation.Significant support hasalso been provided by Target,the McKnight Foundation,the Lannan Foundation,the AmazonLiterary Partnership,and othergenerous contributions from foundations,corporations,and indi-viduals.To these organizations and individuals we offer our heartfelt thanks  \nTARGET.  \nMINNESOTA  \nPublished by Graywolf Press,in association with the Library of Congress250 Third Avenue North,Suite 600Minneapolis,Minnesota 55401  \nAll rights reserved.  \nwww.graywolfpress.rg  \nPublished in the United States of AmericaPrinted in Canada  \nISBN 978-1-55597-838-9(cloth)  \nISBN 978-1-55597-815-0(paper)  \n4689753  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number:2018934515(cloth),2018934515(paper)  \nCover design:Kyle G.Hunter  \nCover art:Upper left:In1993,Thomas Crauford's Statue ofFreedom zuas removed by belicopter from theU.S.Capitol domefor restoration.Washington,D.C.,by Carol Highsmith,1993.CarolM.HighsmithArchive,Library of Congress,Prints and Photographs Division,LC-DIG-highsm-13969.Upperright:Maria Gomez,34662nd Ave.,LA,by Camilo Jose Vergara,2003.Library of Congress,Prints&Photographs Division,LC-DIG-vrg-00309.Lower leftRichard Ortiz is a migrant worker inNipomo,California,wbere famous pbotograpber Dorotbea Lange took a pbotograpb of the MigrantMotberFlorence Owens Thompson in the 1930s,by Carol Highsmith,2013.The Jon B.LovelaceCollection of California Photographs in Carol M.Highsmith's America Project,Library ofCongress,Prints and Photographs Division,LC-DIG-highsm-25212.Lower right(top):\"Sno-cone\"stand,New Orleans,Louisiana,by Carol Highsmith,between 1980 and 2006.Carol M.HighsmithArchive,Library of Congress,Prints and Photographs Division,LC-DIG-highsm-13991.Lowerright(bottom):Aerialviewof mountaintopremoval,approacbing Racine,by Lyntha Scott Eiler,1995.Coal River Folklife Collection(AFC1999/008),Library of Congress,American Folklife Center  \n3 Introduction:This Is Why by Tracy K.Smith  \nI.THE SMALL TOWN OF MY YOUTH  \n9\"Second Estrangement\"by Aracelis Girmay  \n10“In Defense of Small Towns”by Oliver de la Paz  \n12“N'em”by Jericho Brown  \n13“Flat as a Flitter”by Melissa Range  \n16“Sugar and Brine:Ella's Understanding”by Vievee Francis  \n17“The Field Trip”by Ellen Bryant Voigt  \n19“Mighty Pawns”by Major Jackson  \n21 from\"summer,somewhere\"by Danez Smith  \n22“Walking Home”by Marie Howe  \n23“Music from Childhood”by John Yau  \n25“Girls Overheard While Assembling a Puzzle”by Mary Szybist  \n27“Passing”by Charif Shanahan  \nII.SOMETHING SHINES OUT FROM EVERY DARKNESS  \n31\"'Let 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