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The 100 Best African American Poems
Hear voices contemporary and classic as selected by New York Times bestselling author Nikki Giovanni Award-winning poet and writer Nikki Giovanni takes on the impossible task of selecting the 100 best African American works from classic and contemporary poets. Out of necessity, Giovanni admits she cheats a little, selecting a larger, less round number. The result is this startlingly vibrant collection that spans from historic to modern, from structured to freeform, and reflects the rich roots and visionary future of African American verse. These magnetic poems are an exciting mix of most-loved... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1402221118
- UPC: 760789225604
- ASIN: 1402221118
- ISBN: 9781402221118
- Brand: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
- Manufacturer: Sourcebooks MediaFusion
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The Black Poets
"The claim of The Black Poets to being... an anthology is that it presents the full range of Black-American poetry, from the slave songs to the present day. It is important that folk poetry be included because it is the root and inspiration of later, literary poetry. Not only does this book present the full range of Black poetry, but it presents most poets in depths, and in some cases presents aspects of a poet neglected or overlooked before. Gwendolyn Brooks is represented not only by poems on racial and domestic themes, but is revealed as a writer of super... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0553275631
- ASIN: 0553275631
- ISBN: 0553275631
- Manufacturer: Bantam
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Best American Poetry 2017 (The Best American Poetry series)
Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner and nineteenth US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, The Best American Poetry 2017 brings together the most notable poems of the year in the series that offers “a vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable” (Robert Pinsky).Librarian of Congress James Billington says Natasha Trethewey “consistently and dramatically expanded the power” of the role of US Poet Laureate, holding office hours with the public, traveling the country, and reaching millions through her innovative PBS NewsHour segment “Where Poetry Lives.” Ma... [Read More]
- ASIN: B01MG7MARE
- ASIN: B01MG7MARE
- Manufacturer: Scribner
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A Raisin in the Sun
This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena, called Mama. When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through, Mama dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago. Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans, however: buying a liquor store and being his own... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0679755330
- ASIN: 0679755330
- ISBN: 0679755330
- Brand: Vintage
- Manufacturer: Vintage
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Lo... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0345514408
- ASIN: 0345514408
- ISBN: 0345514408
- Brand: Maya Angelou
- Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Citizen: An American Lyric
* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Slate, Time Out New York, Vulture, Refinery 29, and many more . . .A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking book Don't Let Me ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1555976905
- ASIN: 1555976905
- ISBN: 1555976905
- Brand: Graywolf Press
- Manufacturer: Graywolf Press
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The Vintage Book of African American Poetry: 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets
In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States--200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets.From the neoclassical stylings of slave-born Phillis Wheatley to the wistful lyricism of Paul Lawrence Dunbar . . . the rigorous wisdom of Gwendolyn Brooks...the chiseled modernism of Robert Hayden...the extraordinary prosody of Sterling A. Brown...the breathtaking, expansive narratives of Rita Dove...the plaintive rhapsodies of an imprisoned Elderid... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0375703004
- ASIN: 0375703004
- ISBN: 0375703004
- Manufacturer: Vintage
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The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison’s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0307278441
- ASIN: 0307278441
- ISBN: 0307278441
- Brand: Vintage Books USA
- Manufacturer: Vintage
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One Crazy Summer
In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. "This vibrant and moving award-winning novel has heart to spare."*Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.While the girl... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0060760907
- ASIN: 0060760907
- ISBN: 0060760907
- Brand: Amistad Press
- Manufacturer: Amistad
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The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of the planet rock. This is the first poetry anthology by and for the Hip-Hop generation.It has produced generations of artists who have revolutionized their genre(s) by applying the aesthetic innovations of the culture. The BreakBeat Poets features 78 poets, born somewhere between 1961-1999, All-City and Coast-to-Coast, who are creating the next and now movement(s) in American letters.The BreakBeat Poets is for people who love Hip-Hop, for fans of the culture, for people who've never read a poem, for people who thought poems were only someth... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1608463958
- UPC: 884185440543
- ASIN: 1608463958
- ISBN: 1608463958
- Brand: Haymarket Books
- Manufacturer: Haymarket Books
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Helium
Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. Ultimately, Rudy's work rises above the chaos to offer a fresh and positive perspective of shared humanity and beauty.
- ASIN: 1943735190
- ASIN: 1943735190
- ISBN: 1943735190
- Brand: Button Poetry
- Manufacturer: Button Poetry
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The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Tupac Shakur's most intimate and honest thoughts were uncovered only after his death with the instant classic The Rose That Grew from Concrete.His talent was unbounded -- a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic -- a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable -- as vibrant and alive today as it has ever been. For the first time in paperback, this collection of deeply personal poetry is a mirror into the legendary artist's enigmatic world and its many contradictions. Written in his own hand from the time he was nineteen, these seventy-two ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0671028456
- ASIN: 0671028456
- ISBN: 9780671028459
- Brand: MTV Books
- Manufacturer: MTV Books
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The Lions of Little Rock
"Satisfying, gratifying, touching, weighty—this authentic piece of work has got soul."—The New York Times Book ReviewAs twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 Little Rock, it feels like her whole world is falling apart. Until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is everything Marlee wishes she could be: she's brave, brash and always knows the right thing to say. But when Liz leaves school without even a good-bye, the rumor is that Liz was caught passing for white. Marlee decides that doesn't matter. She just wants her friend back. And to stay friends, Marlee and Liz are ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0142424358
- ASIN: 0142424358
- ISBN: 0142424358
- Brand: Puffin Books
- Manufacturer: Puffin Books
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Lo... [Read More]
- ASIN: B0026LTNFO
- ASIN: B0026LTNFO
- Manufacturer: Random House
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Her
"Her" is a collection of poetry and prose about women, their strengths and beauty. Every woman should know the feelings of being loved and radiating those feelings back to her mate. This is a beautiful expression of heartfelt emotion using short, gratifying sentiments. If there is a lover in you, you will not get enough of "Her."
- ASIN: 0997426586
- ASIN: 0997426586
- ISBN: 0997426586
- Manufacturer: Jeanius Publishing LLC
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The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks : (American Poets Project #19)
A selection of the influential African-American poet's works reflects her modernist style and includes numerous definitive World War II poems as well as pieces about the social and political upheavals of the
- UPC: 3753776
- Rating: 4.0
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100 Best African American Poems, The
Award-winning poet and writer Giovanni takes on the difficult task of selecting the 100 best African-American works from classic and contemporary
- UPC: 12337656
- Rating: 4.0
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COLLOQUIES: The African Poet, the African Philosopher, and the African Physicist - eBook
Colloquies is a unique mixture of poetry, philosophy and applied science intricately woven into a master piece of knowledge and wisdom sayings by the author using as his mouthpiece an African poet, an African philosopher and an
- UPC: 995091916
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The Vintage Book of African American Poetry : 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets
Harper and Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States: 200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding
- UPC: 25675551
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African American Poets - 2 Book Set - Grades 6-8 (Primary Source Readers)
Get inspired by the work of two of the most influential African American writers, Phillis Wheatley and Langston Hughes. Wheatley was the first African American woman to have a book published and Hughes became the
- UPC: 48039059
- Model: 22698
- Color: Multicolor
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African American Humor : The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today
9781556524318
- UPC: 25228274
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Best New African Poets 2016 Anthology
Best New African Poets 2016 Anthology has 251 pieces from 131 poets and artists in 7 languages (English, Portuguese, French, Afrikaans, Shona, Yoruba and Kiswahili) from 24 African countries and Diasporas, with South African and
- UPC: 55796187
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Best New African Poets 2017 Anthology
Best "New" African Poets 2017 Anthology is the third in a continuing series. In the 2017 anthology there are poems from 191 poets, 338 poems/translations and articles on poetry, in 13 African
- UPC: 331619506
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Sir Richard Francis Burton 1821-1890 In His Tent In Africa British Explorer Translator Writer Soldier Orientalist Ethnologist Linguist Poet Hypnotist Fencer And Diplomat From The Book The Life Of Capt
Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, In His Tent In Africa. British Explorer, Translator, Writer, Soldier, Orientalist, Ethnologist, Linguist, Poet, Hypnotist, Fencer And Diplomat. From The Book The Life Of Captain Sir Richard Burton, Volume I,
- UPC: 111994148
- Model: DPI1859068
- Color: Multicolor
- Size: 11 x 18
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Phillis Wheatley : Colonial African-American Poet
With simple yet engaging language, illustrations, and direct quotations, this text introduces young readers to Phillis Wheatleys life and poetry. A Words to Know section in the beginning of the book prepares young readers for
- UPC: 52867331
2017 - Brave New Voices - Bay Area "Black Poetry"
Black Lives Matter Tribute (Memphis Poets)
Nature Writing by African-American Poets
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