A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of black
poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period
to the present Only now, in the 21st century, can we fully grasp
the breadth and range of African American poetry: a magnificent
chorus of voices, some familiar, others recently rescued from
neglect. Here, in this unprecedented anthology expertly selected by
poet and scholar Kevin Young, this precious living heritage is
revealed in all its power, beauty, and multiplicity. Discover, in
these pages, how an enslaved person like Phillis Wheatley
confronted her legal status in verse and how an antebellum activist
like Frances Ellen Watkins Harper voiced her own passionate
resistance to slavery. Read nuanced, provocative poetic meditations
on identity and self-assertion stretching from Paul Laurence Dunbar
to Amiri Baraka to Lucille Clifton and beyond. Experience the
transformation of poetic modernism in the works of figures such as
Langston Hughes, Fenton Johnson, and Jean Toomer. Understand the
threads of poetic history--in movements such as the Harlem and
Chicago Renaissances, Black Arts, Cave Canem, Dark Noise
Collective--and the complex bonds of solidarity and dialogue among
poets across time and place. See how these poets have celebrated
their African heritage and have connected with other communities in
the African Diaspora. Enjoy the varied but distinctly Black music
of a tradition that draws deeply from jazz, hip hop, and the
rhythms and cadences of the pulpit, the barbershop, and the street.
And appreciate, in the anthology's concluding sections, why
contemporary African American poetry, amply recognized in recent
National Book Awards and Poet Laureates, is flourishing as never
before. Taking the measure of the tradition in a single
indispensable volume, African American Poetry: 250 Years of
Struggle and Song sets a new standard for a genuinely deep
engagement with Black poetry and its essential expression of
American genius.
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