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Nikki Giovanni began to write poetry in the 1960s when she was associated with the radical Black Arts Movement. She has since won a large popular following of a kind rarely achieved by poets in American society. Many ordinary people read, memorize, and recite her work, and her public readings are invariably well attended. Indeed, Giovanni's popular success has perhaps caused academic critics to underestimate the depth and breadth of her work. A strong-minded...
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"One of the founding fathers of multicultural studies, Ishmael Reed first came to the attention of the literary world as a poet. Despite success as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and recording artist, he has never ceased to write poetry, delving into waters spiritual and political with his own unexpected and uniquely powerful voice. New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006 captures four decades of Reed's inimitable vision, an ongoing journey from New...
5) Gemini: an extended autobiographical statement on my first twenty-five years of being a Black poet
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A young poet attuned to the social problems of contemporary living reveals her thoughts on the black experience in America.
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Erica Dawson, a professor and writer, said she was surprised while on book tour recently to be faced with the same question over and over again, about speaking for "the black experience." Black poets never went away. We don't only deserve the stage in tumultuous times. We aren't just rage, says Dawson, who shares her humble opinion on recognizing individual voices.
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A major figure in contemporary American poetry, Lucille Clifton is the author of 11 books of poetry, one prose memoir, and 19 children's books. This biography covers both the personal and professional life of this renowned African American writer and educator. An extensive bibliography directs readers to reviews, interviews, and other sources of information about Clifton. Lupton is Professor Emeritus at Morgan State University.
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Throughout his career Langston sought to express, in both his speaking appearances and his literature, the heroism he saw in his people--a strength to endure and to endure without bitterness. This is one reason why his art will always hold a significant place in black Americanliterature. And because of the great sensitivity, humor, beauty, and truth contained in that art, Langston Hughes' work will also always find a place in the main body of great...
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"This biography explores the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), a major nineteenth-century American poet and one of the first African American writers to garner international attention and praise in the wake of emancipation. While Dunbar is perhaps best known for poems such as 'Sympathy' (a poem that ends 'I know why the caged bird sings!') and 'We Wear the Mask,' he wrote prolifically in many genres, including a newspaper he produced with...
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The study reveals intimate acquaintance with the Harlem Renaissance, with the Chicago literary scene and its leading figures from the thirties on, with historical developments in black culture and consciousness, and with the significant figures and activities that impressed the poet's life and art. It critically examines Brooks's poetry for its aesthetic and social content within the contexts of the civil rights movement, the black arts movement,...
16) Mercy: poems
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American Poets Continuum series. In her 12th book of poetry, a National Book Award winner speaks to the tenuous relationship between mothers and daughters, the debilitating power of cancer, and much more.
17) Langston Hughes
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Tells the story of a leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s who devoted his life to writing about the black experience in America.
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