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What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America is the second book in a landmark two-volume anthology that explodes narrow definitions of African American poetry by examining experimental poems often excluded from previous scholarship. The first volume, Every Goodbye Ain' t Gone, cove...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ramey, Lauri (Editor), Nielsen, Aldon Lynn (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Poetics.
American poetry > African American authors.
American poetry.
African Americans.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Poetique.
Noirs americains > Poesie.
Poesie americaine > 20e siecle.
Poesie americaine > Auteurs noirs americains.
Literature > Philosophy.
African Americans > Poetry.
American poetry > 20th century.
Poetry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America is the second book in a landmark two-volume anthology that explodes narrow definitions of African American poetry by examining experimental poems often excluded from previous scholarship. The first volume, Every Goodbye Ain' t Gone, covers the period from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s. In What I Say, editors Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey have assembled a comprehensive and dynamic collection that brings this pivotal work up to the present day. The elder poets in this collection, such as Nathaniel Mackey, C.S. Giscombe, W.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9780817388003

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