African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (Loa #333): A Library of America Anthology Binding:Hardcover ISBN: 1547606746

ISBN: 1547606746

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Visiting more than thirty African countries to interview countless historians

" She gives equal attention to the most prominent figures--like Alessandro de Medici

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (Loa #333): A Library of America Anthology Binding:Hardcover ISBN: 1547606746A 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. Capturing the power and beauty of