| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 143 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Intro: Young Afrikans / Gwendolyn Brooks -- V. 1: LIVIN'. Power / Audre Lorde -- The South / Erica Martin -- Colors / Fatima Stephens -- Textured / Kandace Fuller -- 10:32 p.m. / Courtne Comrie -- Views for Damani / Tony Keith Jr. -- Greasy Butt Kids / Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin -- Laughers / Langston Hughes -- Like a Wildfire / Ashley Woodfolk -- Won't You Celebrate with Me / Lucille Clifton -- Douen / Lauren K. Alleyne -- V. 2: GAWD. Genesis / Etheridge Knight -- Exodus / Jamar J. Perry -- Soup-her-stitions / Jeanine Jones -- Runaway / Ryan Douglass -- The Lynching / Claude McKay -- A Hymn to the Evening / Phillis Wheatley -- Five in One / Ama Asantewa Diaka -- Other World: A Veneration / Faylita Hicks -- 20/20 / Simone Liggins -- Paper Mills / Antwan Eady -- Hottentot Girl Summer / Ibi Zoboi -- V. 3: HAUNTING WATER. Wrath of Scaled Gods / Mahogany L. Browne -- Portrait of a Daughter / Donald Vincent (aka Mr. Hip) -- Moon wants in on the Groove / DeeSoul Carson -- This is not a Small Voice / Sonia Sanchez -- Loophole of Retreat / Joy Priest -- The Southern Mermaid / Amber McBride -- Untitled / James Baldwin -- The Little Black Boy Fins Some Shade / Tariq Thompson -- Follow the Drinking Gourd / American Folk Song (author unknown) -- Middle Passage: Day One / Kwame Alexander -- New Curriculum on Water / Taylor Byas -- V. 4: Magickal. Mumble the Magic Words / Jabari Asim -- A Fable / Etheridge Knight -- Anansi's Bop / Rodrick Minor -- Enough Room / Taylor Byas -- (un)chained / Erica Martin -- Ink & Thunderstorms / Amber McBride -- Why the Mosquito Buzzes in Your Ear / Danez Smith -- Grandmother Goddess / L. Renée -- Black Mythology / Jonny Teklit -- We Write / Nikki Giovanni. |
| Summary |
Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Poetry -- Black authors -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Juvenile poetry.
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Black people -- Juvenile poetry.
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American poetry -- Juvenile poetry.
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Poetry -- Collections.
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Poetry -- Black authors.
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African Americans -- Poetry.
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Black people -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
poetry. (CStmoGRI)aatgf300055931
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
McBride, Amber, editor.
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Byas, Taylor (Poet), editor.
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Martin, Erica (Halcyenda Erica), editor.
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Alexander, Kwame, contributor.
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Alleyne, Lauren K., contributor.
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Asim, Jabari, 1962- contributor.
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, contributor.
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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000, contributor.
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Browne, Mahogany L., contributor.
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Carson, DeeSoul, contributor.
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Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010, contributor.
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Comrie, Courtne, contributor.
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Diaka, Ama Asantewa, contributor.
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Douglass, Ryan, contributor.
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Eady, Antwan, contributor.
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Fuller, Kandace, contributor.
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Gabbin, Joanne V., contributor.
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Giovanni, Nikki, contributor.
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Hicks, Faylita, contributor.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, contributor.
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Jones, Jeanine, contributor.
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Keith, Tony, Jr., contributor.
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Knight, Etheridge, 1931-1991, contributor.
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Liggins, Simone, contributor.
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Lorde, Audre, contributor.
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McKay, Claude, 1890-1948, contributor.
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Minor, Rodrick, contributor.
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Perry, Jamar J, contributor.
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Priest, Joy, contributor.
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Renée, L., contributor.
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Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- contributor.
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Smith, Danez, contributor.
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Stephens, Fatima, contributor.
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Teklit, Jonny, contributor.
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Thompson, Tariq, contributor.
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Vincent, Donald, contributor.
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Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784, contributor.
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Woodfolk, Ashley, contributor.
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Zoboi, Ibi Aanu, contributor.
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| Added Title |
Poemhood, our black revival : history, folklore and the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology |
| ISBN |
9780063225282 (hardcover) |
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006322528X (hardcover) |
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