The Ferguson Report: An Erasure by Nicole Sealey David Calcutt knows how to see and

knows how to see and what to hear

while 'Floral Tribute' was composed upon her death

assured and wilfully spare poems that are built from the sight

Amanda Addison

It is rare to find such achievement in a first collection

The Ferguson Report: An Erasure by Nicole Sealey David Calcutt knows how to see andIn August 2014, Michael Brown a young, unarmed black man was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. What followed was a period of protests and turmoil, culminating in an extensive report that was filed by the Department of Justice detailing biased policing and court practices in the city. It is a document that exposes the racist policies and practices that have become commonplace from disproportionate arrest rates, to flagrant