Black California Gold

For numerous migrants who ventured westward in the twentieth century in search of greater opportunities, the glitter of California often proved to be mere fool's gold-promising easy riches but frequently resulting in dispossession and displacement. Poet Wendy M. Thompson is descended from two of these migrant waves-post-1965 Chinese immigrants and Black southerners of the Second Great Migration-whose presence has permanently transformed the region.

In this arresting debut poetry collection...