| Description |
xxiv, 405 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Cave Canem anthology"--Cover. |
| Summary |
"The South: to render all that it means to an African American takes someone with acutely tuned senses, someone with a patience, a passion even, for the region's history and contradictions. It takes a poet. In this new anthology, the first of its kind, more than one hundred contemporary black poets laugh at and cry about, pray for and curse, flee and return to--the South. Voices new to the scene appear in The Ringing Ear alongside some of the leading names in American literature today, including Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Harryette Mullen, Nikki Giovanni, Kevin Young, Cornelius Eady, and Al Young. The southern worlds opened up by these poets are echoed in how their poems are grouped, under headings like "Music, Food, and Work: Heeding the Lamentation and Roar of Things Made by Hand," or "Religion and Nature: The Lord Looks Out for Babies and Fools," or "Love, Flesh, and Family: The Hush and Holler Portraits."-- Amazon description. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- African American authors.
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American poetry -- Southern States.
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African Americans -- Poetry.
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Southern States -- Poetry.
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American poetry -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Finney, Nikky.
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Cave Canem (Organization)
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Ringing ear. Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2007 (OCoLC)608021728 |
| ISBN |
9780820329253 alkaline paper |
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0820329258 alkaline paper |
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9780820329260 paperback alkaline paper |
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0820329266 paperback alkaline paper |
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