Crimson Stain

<p>In Winter 2007 a full-time college student broke 7 years of writer's block by writing a new poem generated while reading Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail for English homework at City College of San Francisco's main campus library. His little poem led to filling a hardcover black notebook with a full rushing cascade of penned poetry. He named his notebook Crimson Stain. Oakland performance poet Dee Allen gives us Crimson Stain-a collection brimming with a plethora of divergent themes that re-ignited his long-lost passion for writing: Worldwide spread of blood diamonds from Africa activism real estate gentrification homelessness political prisoners war Islamophobia dedication to a viceless life love for underground culture abuses from the police and much more.</p>