Of poetry & protest : from Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin
Record details
- ISBN: 0393352730
- ISBN: 9780393352733
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Physical Description:
219 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Elizabeth Alexander -- Amiri Baraka -- Wanda Coleman -- Kwame Dawes -- Toi Derricotte -- Rita Dove -- Camille T. Dungy -- Cornelius Eady -- Kelly Norman Ellis -- Thomas Sayers Ellis -- Nikky Finney -- C. S. Giscombe -- Duriel E. Harris -- Reginald Harris -- Terrance Hayes -- Angela Jackson -- Major Jackson -- Tyehimba Jess -- Patricia Spears Jones -- Douglas Kearney -- Yusef Komunyakaa -- Quraysh Ali Lansana -- Haki Madhubuti -- devorah major -- E. Ethelbert Miller -- Harryette Mullen -- Marilyn Nelson -- Sterling Plumpp -- Eugene B. Redmond -- Ishmael Reed -- Ed Roberson -- Sonia Sanchez -- Evie Shockley -- Tim Seibles -- Patricia Smith -- Tracy K. Smith -- Lamont B. Steptoe -- Natasha Trethewey -- Quincy Troupe -- Frank X Walker -- Afaa M. Weaver -- Ronaldo V. Wilson -- Al Young. Opening pages, essays. Children's crusade / Tamara Ginn ; Preface / Philip Cushway ; Introduction / Michael Warr ; Talk / Jeannine Ambre ; Harry Belafonte / Black Power and the Impact of Words ; Protest poetry / Amin Baraka -- Poets/Poems. Narrative: Ali, a poem in twelve rounds / Elizabeth Alexander ; Wise 5 / Amiri Baraka ; Emmett Till / Wanda Coleman ; New day / Kwame Dawes ; Note on my son's face / Toi Derricotte ; Enactment / Rita Dove ; Conspiracy / Camille T. Dungy ; Emmett Till's glass-top casket / Cornelius Eady ; Superhero / Kelly Norman Ellis ; Identity repairman / Thomas Sayers Ellis ; Left / Nikky Finney ; Daytonm, OH, '50s & '60s / C.S. Giscombe ; Voice of America / Duriel E. Harris ; New rules of the road / Reginald Harris ; Some luminous distress (for Betty Shabazz) / Terrance Hayes ; Fannie (for Fannie Lou Hamer) / Angela Jackson ; Rose colored city / Major Jackson ; Infernal / Tyehimba Jess ; Saltimbanque / Patricia Spears Jones ; Tallahatchiue lullabye, baby / Douglas Kearney ; History lessons / Yusef Komunyakaa ; statement on the killing of patrick dorismond / Quraysh Ali Lansana ; Great wait / Haki Madhubuti ; on continuing to struggle / devorah major ; 10 race koans as presented to Charles Johnson on the morning of July 13, 2008 / E. Ethelbert Miller ; We are not responsible / Harryette Mullen ; Cells and window : after work by neogeo painter Peter Halley / Marilyn Nelson ; I hear the shuffle of the people's feet / Sterling Plumpp ; Poetic reflections enroute to, and during, the funeral and burial of Henry Dumas, poet, May 29, 1968 / Eugene B. Redmond ; Sweet pea / Ishmael Reed ; Not brought up / Ed Roberson ; Elegy (for MOVE and Philadelphia) / Sonia Sanchez ; x marks the spot / Evie Shockley ; At 59 / Tim Seibles ; NO WOUND OF EXIT / Patricia Smith ; Duende / Tracy K. Smith ; Such a boat of |
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Subject: | Race relations Poetry African Americans Poetry American poetry 21st century American poetry 20th century American poetry African American authors |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 811.008 O31p 2016 (Text) | 33126025243589 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |