"The claim of The Black Poets to being... an anthology is that it presents the full range of Black-American poetr...
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May 30, 2010
Soul
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This book has been on my bookshelf since just before college and for good reason. The experience of studying poetry in high school would have been transformed if this book were one of its texts.
I flip through the pages over and over again, reviewing old familiars and finding new gems. The collected poems span such a long period that it provides for a literary study of the progression of Black expression in a land both hostile and available.
Reviewing the works of such gr More...
I flip through the pages over and over again, reviewing old familiars and finding new gems. The collected poems span such a long period that it provides for a literary study of the progression of Black expression in a land both hostile and available.
Reviewing the works of such gr More...
Dec 07, 2010
although this is not a childrens book. i think it would be useful in a classroom of fouth and fifth graders the teacher would have to look at the book. but could ask students to reflect on the words. black histoyr- poety- creative writing
Aug 04, 2009
Jessica
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The Black Poets: One of my favorite books to study! If you need to familiarize yourself with the work of great poets like Langston Hughes, buy this book. If you want to get to the heart of a Black Man like Etheridge Knight, (You know the brotha you don't want standing behind you at the ATM machine) study this book. If you want to have a great time, running through many black minds form many time periods in american history...The Black Poets has it for you. I refer to this book often, opening i
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Jun 14, 2007
Alex
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This is a wonderful collection of poetry by some of the country's most well known black poets and some not so well known. It takes the reader thru a time when racism and segregation was the norm, Black Pride was at a all time high and the average person was very politically in touch young and old.
Apr 22, 2010
Amanda
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I am not generally the biggest fan of Poetry anthologies, However this is one of the best ones I've ever read. It shows such a wide range of amazing works.
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