From the rear wall, Metalhead looks at the back of a girl’s head in History class. She is the only black girl in class and always sits in front, right next to the American flag. They are learning about Civil Rights,...
Metalhead’s Pledge
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W. Todd Kaneko
W. Todd Kaneko is the author of the poetry books This Is How the Bone Sings and The Dead Wrestler Elegies, and co-author of Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology. He is a Kundiman fellow and teaches at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.