than C.D. Wright's One With Others. The collection attempts to capture events occurring in Wright's native Arkansas around the time of a protest march in 1969 led by a Memphis activist called Sweet Willie Wine; it also serves as a memorial to Wright's friend Margaret Kaelin McHugh, who is referred to by her nickname, "V." V, a white woman, apparently participated in the march and suffered the scorn of her community for it (as Wright puts it, "While she was in jail her husband bought airtime and denounced her. When she was released she was served with papers for divorce and custody").from David Orr: Poetry Magazine: Public Poetry?
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