By the time of his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur was a major force in rap music, with a dozen albums and six movies under his belt. But this collection of poems, written in a poetry workshop by the future star at the age of 19, shows that Shakur possessed both a poet's disarming simplicity and a writer's raw talent well before the start of ...
Maya Angelou's poetry - lyrical and dramatic, exuberant and playful - speaks of love, longings, partings; of Saturday night partying and the smells and sounds of Southern cities; of freedom and shattered dreams. Of her poetry, Kirkus Reviews has written, 'It is just as much a part of her autobiography as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather ...
Growing up in the Deep South, Natasha Trethewey was never told that in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, black soldiers had played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Off the coast, on Ship Island, stood a fort that had once been a Union prison housing Confederate captives. Protecting the fort was the second regiment of the Louisiana Native ...
Hughes identified it as his mission as a writer "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." His poetry was heavily influenced by black oral tradition, jazz, and folklore, and he continually attempted to mirror the black experience, in all its diversity, in his work.
Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. It recounts the deeds of a hero-king of ancient Mesopotamia, following him through adventures and encounters with men and gods alike. ...
Maya Angelou, the bestselling author of On the Pulse of Morning, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, and other lavishly praised works, is considered one of America's finest poets. Here, four of her most highly acclaimed poems are assembled in a beautiful gift edition that provides a feast for the eyes as well as the heart. (Poetry)
There are two currents of history in the author's poem, the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian and the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
HEART OF A WOMEN, the fourth volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography, describes the beginning of her writing career and the years when she first became politically active, relating encounters with the Harlem Writers Guild and Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of New York's most popular performance poets, Sapphire explores the raw edges that constitute urban life. In this collection, her poems have been inspired by incidents of violence, crime in Central Park and spiritual renewal after addiction.
Maya Angelou's moving poem is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of humanity. First read at the 2005 White House tree-lighting ceremony, it comes alive again as a fully illustrated children's book, celebrating the promise of peace in the holiday season.
In the traditional Nigerian village where this play is set, custom demands that the King's chief horseman accompany his ruler into the afterlife by committing suicide when the King dies. When the King in this play dies, his horseman is relieved when he is barred from his traditional role by the colonial powers that have taken control of his ...
These four poems, all of them in praise of women, are among Angelou's most beloved works: "Phenomenal Woman," "And Still I Rise," "Weekend Glory," and "Our Grandmothers."
This collection of poems provides a lyrical account of the life of George Washington Carver, a man born into slavery who went on to head the agricultural department at the Tuskegee Institute. Illustrations.
Nineteen new poems are included in this volume of selected poems by Lucille Clifton which draws on her books written during the last 12 years of the 20th century. Clifton's themes meld the private with the public, as her meditations on race and history are informed by her identity as an African-American woman. A survivor of breast cancer and ...
Critics acclaim the poetic richness of John Gardner's translation of this ancient epic poem (originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets in c. 1000 B.C.). The poem tells the story of a vast flood and the ark that saved mankind, and of Gilgamesh, the ruler of the walled Babylonian city of Uruk who, with his friend Enkidu, a wild man of the ...
Harryette Mullen's fifth poetry collection, "Sleeping with the Dictionary", is the abecedarian offspring of her collaboration with two of the poet's most seductive writing partners, "Roget's Thesaurus" and "The American Heritage Dictionary". In her menage a trois with these faithful companions, the poet is aware that while Roget seems obsessed ...
Beginning in 1950 with the generation of Olson, Ashbery and Ginsberg, this is a broad survey - 411 poems by 103 poets - of the major poets and movements of the American avant-garde. Included here are the leading Beat poets, the "New York School", the Projectivists and "Deep Image" poets. Among the generation since 1975, the anthology traces the ...
Hughes identified it as his mission as a writer "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." His poetry was heavily influenced by black oral tradition, jazz, and folklore, and he continually attempted to mirror the black experience, in all its diversity, in his work.
Exactly who would the fictional African-American male perpetrator of the 1994 crime involving the death-by-drowning of Susan Smith's two young sons be? The first section of this seventh collection by Eady, a previous recipient of the Academy of American Poets Lamont Prize, speaks through this complex persona as it addresses race and history. The ...
From the acclaimed author of "Acolytes" comes a remarkable companion work to her bestselling "Love Poems." Giovanni is as outspoken, prolific, and energetic as ever--"New York Times."
A collection of poetic works drawn from the personal writings of the award-winning music artist and lyricist explores such themes as love, the self, and the author's experiences as an African-American woman.
From the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman comes a beautifully packaged hardcover edition of the poem that captivated the nation and quickly became a national bestseller.
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