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Every shut eye ain't asleep : an anthology of poetry by African Americans since 1945 / edited by Michael Harper and Anthony Walton

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Little, Brown , c1994.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 327 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0316347124

Subject(s):

African Americans -- -Poetry

DDC classification:

811.5408 EVE

LOC classification:

PS591.N4 E94 1994b

Summary: Using Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks's poetry as "emblematic'' successes, this anthology selects 35 African American poets (spanning three generations) who were born between 1913 and 1962 and came of age after 1945. Besides the well-known Amiri Baraka, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, and Etheridge Knight, the editors feature little-known or younger poets like Elizabeth Alexander, Gerald Barrax, Jayne Cortex, and Dolores Kendrick.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	811.5408 EVE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		055122

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-322) and index.

Using Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks's poetry as "emblematic'' successes, this anthology selects 35 African American poets (spanning three generations) who were born between 1913 and 1962 and came of age after 1945. Besides the well-known Amiri Baraka, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, and Etheridge Knight, the editors feature little-known or younger poets like Elizabeth Alexander, Gerald Barrax, Jayne Cortex, and Dolores Kendrick.

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