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Series
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this, her fourth collection of blues poems, Jeffers, who in previous collections had explored themes of African American history, Southern culture, and intergenerational trauma, turns to the task of seeking and reconciling the blues and its three movements--identification, exploration, and resolution--with wisdom.--From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Parlor Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ghost Letters creates a ghost mother who becomes a presiding presence in Baba Badji's first collection of poems. His poetry explores what it means to be Senegalese, American, and Black, as well as the bonds of Black people across the Black diaspora"--
Author
Publisher
MTV Books/Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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Description
Capturing the unrivaled passion and candor that made him one of America's bestselling solo recording artists, this collection of poetry offers a glimpse into Shakur's enigmatic life and its intense contradictions.
12) My people
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers/ginee seo books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"William Evans, the award-winning poet and cofounder of the popular culture website Black Nerd Problems, offers an emotionally vulnerable poetry collection exploring the themes of inheritances, dreams, and injuries that are passed down from one generation to the next and delving into the lived experience of a black man in the American suburbs today"--
Author
Publisher
Nomadic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"American history got you down? Are you feeling alienated? Join poet James Cagney in his blistering second collection, Martian: The Saint of Loneliness, as he journeys through time, space, and memory with caustic, satirical beauty. Recall American history through its spent shell casings! Turn familial ghosts into art valuable for generations! In these fully charged poems, Cagney storms through American fields blooming with artillery and anger on his...
16) Refuse
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Obama presidency, Julian Randall's Refuse documents a young biracial man's journey through the mythos of Blackness, Latinidad, family, sexuality and a hostile American landscape. Mapping the relationship between father and son caught in a lineage of grief and inherited Black trauma, Randall conjures reflections from mythical figures such as Icarus, Narcissus and the absent Frank Ocean. Not merely a story of the wound...
Author
Publisher
Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Johnson takes us on a journey and each poem serves as a guide to understanding black life in America ... Ain't never not been black is a healing salve, a sonic ointment that soothes the wounds of white supremacy and daily pricks of antiblack racism, reminding us of the beautiful bounty that blackness always has been and always will be"--Back cover
18) All the rage
Author
Publisher
Nightboat Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"All the Rage addresses everyday pleasure as well as the persistent condition of racism in the USA -- a time marked both by recurring police violence and intense artistic creativity. At its core dwells the 'Living in the Abattoir' series, set in an alternate yet familiar world, in which people of color live in an abattoir as both workers and meat. All the Rage addresses the contemporary realities of life in the USA from a variety of perspectives:...
20) I am the rage
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"I Am the Rage is a poetry collection that explores racial injustice from the raw, unfiltered viewpoint of a Black woman in America. Dr. Martina McGowan is a retired MD, a mother, and a poet. Her poetry provides insights that no think piece on racism can; putting readers in the uncomfortable position of feeling, reflecting, and facing what it means to be a Black American. This entire collection was created during 2020, many shortly after the deaths...
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