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Roses and Revolutions (Hardcover)
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Roses and Revolutions (Hardcover)
Series: African American Life Series
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Dudley Randall was one of the foremost voices in African American
literature during the twentieth century, best known for his poetry
and his work as the editor and publisher of Broadside Press in
Detroit. While he published six books of poetry during his life,
much of his work is currently out of print or fragmented among
numerous anthologies. Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings
of Dudley Randall brings together his most popular poems with his
lesser-known short stories, first published in The Negro Digest
during the 1960s, and several of his essays, which profoundly
influenced the direction and attitude of the Black Arts movement.
Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall is
arranged in seven sections: "Images from Black Bottom," "Wars: At
Home and Abroad," "The Civil Rights Era," "Poems on Miscellaneous
Subjects," "Love Poems," "Dialectics of the Black Aesthetic," and
"The Last Leap of the Muse." Poems and prose are mixed throughout
the volume and are arranged roughly chronologically. Taken as a
whole, Randall's writings showcase his skill as a wordsmith and his
affinity for themes of love, human contradictions, and political
action. His essays further contextualize his work by revealing his
views on race and writing, aesthetic form, and literary and
political history. Editor Melba Joyce Boyd introduces this
collection with an overview of Randall's life and career. The
collected writings in Roses and Revolutions not only confirm the
talent and the creative intellect of Randall as an author and
editor but also demonstrate why his voice remains relevant and
impressive in the twenty-first century. Randall was named the first
Poet Laureate of the City of Detroit and received numerous awards
for his literary work, including the Life Achievement Award from
the National Endowment of the Arts in 1986. Students and teachers
of African American literature as well as readers of poetry will
appreciate this landmark volume.
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