The Vintage Book of African American Poetry
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"200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 50 outstanding poets" -- cover.
[Poets]: Jupitor Hammon -- Benjamin Banneker -- Phillis Wheatley -- George Moses Horton -- George Boyer Vashon -- James Monroe Whitfield -- Frances E.W. Harper -- Joseph Seaman Cotter, Sr. -- James Weldon Johnson -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- William Stanley Braithwaite -- Anne Spencer -- Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Claude McKay -- Jean Toomer -- Melvin B. Tolson -- Sterling A. Brown -- Gwendolyn Bennett -- Langston Hughes -- Countee Cullen -- Robert Hayden -- Margaret Walker -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Bob Kaufman -- Raymond Patterson -- Derek Walcott -- Etheridge Knight -- Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) -- Audre Lorde -- Sonia Sanchez -- Lucille Clifton -- Jay Wright -- Michael S. Harper -- Ishmael Reed -- Al Young -- Toi Derricotte -- Haki Madhubuti (Don L. Lee) -- Sherley Anne Williams -- Marilyn Nelson -- Yusef Komunyakaa -- Nathaniel Mackey -- Gayl Jones -- C.S. Giscombe -- Rita Dove -- Thylias Moss -- Cornelius Eady -- Carl Phillips -- Anthony Walton -- Elizabeth Alexander -- Reginald Shepherd.
An anthology representing more than two hundred years of African American creative poetic endeavors features the work of fifty-two poets.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: xxxiii, 403 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0375703004
9780375703003
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016.
Walton, Anthony, 1960-
SUBJECTS
Hammon, Jupitor, -- 1720-
Banneker, Benjamin, -- 1731-1806.
Wheatley, Phillis, -- 1753-1784.
Horton, George Moses, -- 1797-
Vashon, George Boyer, -- 1820-1878.
Whitfield, James Monroe, -- 1822-1871.
Harper, Francis E. W. -- 1825-1911.
Cotter, Joseph Seaman Sr. -- 1861-1949.
Johnson, James Weldon, -- 1871-1938.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, -- 1872-1906.
Braithwaite, William Stanley, -- 1878-1962.
Spencer, Anne, -- 1882-1975.
Johnson, Georgia Douglas, -- 1886-1966.
Mckay, Claude, -- 1889-1948.
Toomer, Jean, -- 1894-1967.
Tolson, Melvin, -- 1900-1966.
Brown, Sterling, A. -- 1901-1989.
Bennett, Gwendolyn, -- 1902-1981.
Hughes, Langston, -- 1902-1967.
Cullen, Countee, -- 1903-1946.
Hayden, Robert, -- 1913-1980.
Walker, Margaret, -- 1915-1998.
Brooks, Gwendolyn, -- 1917-
Kaufman, Bob, -- 1925-1986.
Patterson, Raymond, -- 1929-
Walcott, Derek, -- 1930-
Knight, Etheridge, -- 1931-1991.
Baraka, Amiri, -- 1934-
Lorde, Audre, -- 1934-1992.
Sanchez, Sonia, -- 1934-
Clifton, Lucille, -- 1936-
Wright, Jay, -- 1935-
Harper, Michael S. -- 1938-
Reed, Ishmael, -- 1938-
Young, Al, -- 1939-
Derricotte, Toi, -- 1940-
Madhubuti, Haki, -- 1942-
Williams, Sherley Anne, -- 1944-1999.
Nelson, Marilyn, -- 1946.
Komunyakaa, Yusef, -- 1947-
Mackey, Nathaniel, -- 1948-
Jones, Gayl, -- 1949-
Giscombe, C. S. -- 1950-
Dove, Rita, -- 1952-
Moss, Thylias, -- 1954-
Eady, Cornelius, -- 1954-
Phillips, Carl, -- 1958-
Walton, Anthony, -- 1960-
Alexander, Elizabeth.
Shepherd, Reginald, -- 1963-
Poetry.
American poetry -- African American authors.
African Americans -- Poetry.
American poetry -- Afro-American authors.