They Shall Run: Harriet Tubman Poems

by Quraysh Ali Lansana

The spirit and voice of Harriet Tubman is captured in this verse. The poems traces the journeys of Tubman and her fugitives through the backwoods of America while taking a look at the cruelty of slavery.

Genres: Poetry

56 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Quraysh Ali Lansana is author of eight poetry books, three textbooks, three children's books, editor of eight anthologies, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy.

He is a faculty member of the Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a former faculty member of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School. Lansana served as Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University from 2002-2011, where he was also Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing until 2014. Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy & Social Justice in Classroom & Community (with Georgia A. Popoff) was published in March 2011 by Teachers & Writers Collaborative and was a 2012 NAACP Image Award nominee.

Reviews

[Brook · Rating 4 out of 5]

wow. i've never read poetry where the voice was that strong. That it was harriet tubman's made it even more powerful

[Yeye Lynvonne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Congrats once again to Quraysh Ali Lansana.