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African American Poetry // 250 Years of Struggle & Song

• Kevin Young • ISBN 9781598536669

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African American Poetry // 250 Years of Struggle & Song

• Kevin Young • ISBN-13 9781598536669

ISBN-10 1598536664 • 2020

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ISBN 9781598536669 • Completeness 51

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A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present Across a turbulent history, from such vital centers as Harlem, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, Black poets created a rich and multifaceted tradition that has been both a reckoning with American realities and an imaginative response to them. Ca

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Publisher: Kevin Young
2020
Pages: 825

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Contributor: lesser-known poets such as Gwendolyn B

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Category: African American StudiesCategory: AnthologyCategory: Black LiteratureCategory: Collections/ CollectionCategory: (library Of America)Category: Literary HistoryCategory: (penguin)Category: Poetry Anthologies

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