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Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance  Cover Image Book Book

Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance / Nikki Grimes ; artwork by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Cozbi A. Cabrera [and 15 others].

Grimes, Nikki, (author.). Brantley-Newton, Vanessa, (illustrator.). Cabrera, Cozbi A., (illustrator.).

Summary:

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance-- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drwan from the words of ... groundbreaking women writers. Set alongside the original works, Grimes's all-new poetry pays tribute to the unique heritage of these womenand their spiritual connection to nature, illuminating female self-expression in the early twentieth century, reinvented with contemporary relevance and context. Featuring artwork by some of today's most exciting Black women: Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Nina Crews, Pat Cummings, Laura Freeman, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Ebony Glenn, Xia Gordon, April Harrison, Vashti Harrison, Ekua Holmes, Cathy Ann Johnson, Keisha Morris, Daria Peoples-Riley, Andrea Pippins, Erin Robinson, Shadra Strickland, Nicole Tadgell, Elizabeth Zunon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781681199443 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1681199440 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 134 pages: color illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Follow-up to the book: One Last Word / by Nikki Grimes.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: Heritage -- Part II: Earth Mother -- Part III: Taking notice.
Preface ; The Harlem Renaissance ; Poetry form -- Part I: Heritage. Whatever / by Nikki Grimes [N.G.] -- Heritage / by Mae V. Cowdery -- Before / by N.G. -- I am not proud / by Helene Johnson -- Having my say / by N.G. -- I sit and sew / by Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- Room for dreams / by N.G. -- Joy / by Clarissa Scott Delany -- Leah's reunion / by N.G. -- Dusk / by Angelina Weld Grimké -- Vanish / by N.G. -- Jehovah's gesture / by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown -- Judgment / by N.G. -- Part II: Earth Mother. Earth, I thank you / by Anne Spencer -- Sweet sister / by N.G. -- Rondeau / by Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Tara takes on Montclair / by N.G. -- 1975 / by Anne Spencer -- Kneel / by N.G. -- Of Earth / by Mae V. Cowdery -- Seeing / by N.G. -- At the spring dawn / by Angela Weld Grimké -- Faithful / by N.G. -- Autumn evening / by Ida Rowland -- Strength training / by N.G. -- Part III: Taking Notice. Unseen / by Gertrude Parthenia McBrown -- Taking notice / by N.G. -- Flag salute / by Esther Popel -- A mother's lament / by N.G. -- The bronze legacy (to a brown boy) / by Effie Lee Newsome -- Like an eagle / by N.G. -- Your world / by Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Mother to daughter / by N.G. -- Four walls / by Blanche Taylor Dickinson -- What girls can do / by N.G. -- Prelude / by Lucy Ariel Williams -- Slow burn / by N.G. -- Advice / by Gwendolyn Bennett -- Brown poems / by N.G. -- Journey's end / by N.G. -- Resources. Poet biographies ; Artist biographies ; Acknowledgments ; Sources ; Index.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10-14. Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Grades 4-6. Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Subject: American poetry > African American women authors.
African Americans > Poetry.
African American women > Poetry.
Harlem Renaissance > Influence.
African American women poets.
Harlem Renaissance > Poetry.

Available copies

  • 4 of 5 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch 811.54 G862L, 2021 (Text) 33126024104295 YA Nonfiction Available -
Covington Branch J 811.54 Grim (Text) 33126024863817 JNonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch 811.54 G862L, 2021 (Text) 33126024104311 YA Nonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch J 811.54 Grim (Text) 33126024863791 JNonfiction Checked out 05/04/2024
Independence Branch J 811.54 Grim (Text) 33126024863809 JNonfiction Available -


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