360: A Revolution of Black Poets

by Kalamu ya Salaam (Editor), Kwame Alexander

Edited by New Orleans writer/producer Kalamu ya Salaam with writer/publisher Kwame Alexander, 360 includes sharp-edged new work from Amiri Baraka, a historic founder of the sixties Black Arts Movement and Grand divas Sonia Sanchez, author of Wounded in the House of a Friend and Does Your House Have Lions, and Mari Evans, author of the classic I Am a Black Woman.

Genres: Poetry

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[David Burns]

i have never been fully domesticated
but i have been civilized

by women taught that the heart
is more than a muscle

a life drum whose function is
both physical blood pumping
and spiritual longing to be embraced

but love, ah love is a river
we may get wet
but we can never drink it all
love always flows on
more than we can ever swallow

no matter how thirsty
we claim to be


"AS SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK" By Kalamu ya Salaam

4.5 stars ** Read in New Orleans, Biloxi, and Harlem (Dec 2025 to Jan 2026)

[Seven]

good read.