Beyond the Blues. New Poems by American Negroes

by Rosey E. Pool

Rosey Pool, who immigrated to London after World War II, became an acknowledged authority on Black poetry and hosted "Black and Unknown Bards," a series on public televison that highlighted Black writers. Because of disinterest by American publishers, Pool resorted to European publishers. She was the editor of Beyond the Blues (1962), published by the Hand and Flower Press in Kent, England; and Ik ben de Nieuwe Neger (I am the new Negro), a bilingual volume published in the Netherlands (1965). Both books included poems by Dudley Randall. Randall's initial introduction to Paul Breman's Heritage Series was through Rosey Pool. Moreover, Randall's experiences with white writers in the Miles Poetry Workshop and with editors Ethel Guy Seine and Rosey Pool reinforced the possibilities of progressive alliances in a changing cultural climate.
[Source: Lauri Ramey, Paul Breman, The Heritage Series of Black Poetry, 1962–1975: A Research Compendium, p. 25]

188 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1962