Publication

2012 - W.W. Norton & Co., New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

154,250 words, Guess

Page Count

617 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780393339406
  • Open LibraryOL25094468M

Classifications

  • DDC811/.54080896073
  • LCCPS508.N3 A86 2012
  • LCCPS508.N3 A86 2013
and 1 more
  • LCCPS508.N3A86 2012

Description

"This landmark anthology brings together for the first time more than three hundred poems by over seventy African American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Ai, Toi Derricotte, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Alexander, Natasha Tretheway, Major Jackson, and Kevin Young. Angles of Ascent looks to the immediate past of contemporary African American poetry, including the influence of Modernism in the 1950's and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's, before turning toward the current thriving literary sceneand beyond. General readers and specialists alike will treasure this collection for its diverse readings of humanity by modern and contemporary African American poets as well as its comprehensive introductions and commentary."--

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