"These poems are so clear in their intensities that one must squint to enter them, as when trying to sustain a look at the sun. The stupor that fogs our daily lives grows out of the impulse to avoid the noise of personal memory, broken history, of all the small yearnings left unfulfilled. The Last Incantations draws us into this jagged music with courage and persistent grace. This book reminds me of how some poems can save us."--Tim Seibles "The history that haunts Mura's poetry is one of intersections, shared legacies of violence, confinement and brutality.His form mirrors the complexity of his subjects; he mixes poetry and prose, blending biography, cultural criticism and memoir.This makes for emotionally and intellectually engaging work that tasks he reader to reconsider conceptions of race." -- The Star Tribune.