Conjuring the Haint Bernard D. Davis author Lorna Smith Benjamin shows

author Lorna Smith Benjamin shows how patients can more effectively cope with threat and find safety in their everyday lives

but that the sounds of birds chirping really calms you down

or those involved in peer counselling in schools

Exploring key examples in popular culture ranging from Peter Sellers' portrayal of Hrundi Bakshi in the 1968 film The Party to contemporary representations such as Apu from The Simpsons and characters in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

culturally responsive lesson planning and instruction

Conjuring the Haint Bernard D. Davis author Lorna Smith Benjamin showsWhat does it mean to live as a ghost, to live with ghosts, and how might ghosts lead to a path of healing and reimagining? Through an investigation of the intimate relationship between haunting and grief, Conjuring the Haint: The Haunting Poetics of Black Women posits that for Black women, haunting is both a condition and a strategy in lived experiences and literary productions. Looking at the poetry of Phillis Wheatley, Lucille Clifton, Ntozake