African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song edited by Kevin Young

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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song edited by Kevin YoungAcross 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 this diverse tradition in a single indispensable volume, African American Poetry reveals as never before its centrality and its challenge to American

even while the poems are fully cognizant of the refugee crisis

" writes Vanessa Jimenez Gabb in her dazzling debut collection of poetry

arrange them in order—red

If she repeats

he sought to understand and accommodate the numinous sources of his inspiration

echoing voice—in lines that are frequently enjambed and use almost no punctuation—String embodies his trauma and confusion in a poetic sequence that is part lullaby

Carl Phillips

brave poems

" and no direct actions but constant shivering consequences

stemmy things is a verdant

and autobiography

what visionary intelligence

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