Every goodbye ain't gone : an anthology of innovative poetry by African Americans / edited by Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nielsen, Aldon Lynn.

Scheyer, Lauri.

Series:

Modern and contemporary poetics.

Modern and contemporary poetics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--African American authors.

American poetry.

African Americans--Poetry.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Showcases brilliant and experimental work in African American poetry. Just prior to the Second World War, and even more explosively in the 1950's and 1960's, a far-reaching revolution in aesthetics and prosody by black poets ensued, some working independently and others in organized groups. Little of this new work was reflected in the anthologies and syllabi of college English courses of the period. Even during the 1970's, when African American literature began to receive substantial critical attention, the work of many experimental black poets continued to be neglect

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Lloyd Addison; William Anderson; Russell Atkins; Amiri Baraka; Jodi Braxton; Harold Carrington; Stephen Chambers; Jayne Cortez; Lawrence S. Cumberbatch; Rudy Bee Graham; William J. Harris; De Leon Harrison; David Henderson; Calvin Hernton; Joseph Jarman; Ted Joans; Percy Johnston; Stephen Jonas; June Jordan; Bob Kaufman; Elouise Loftin; N. J. Loftis; Clarence Major; Leroy McLucas; Oliver Pitcher; Tom Postell; Norman H. Pritchard; Helen Quigless; Ishmael Reed; Ed Roberson; A. B. Spellman; Primus St. John; Glenn Stokes; Cecil Taylor; Lorenzo Thomas; Melvin B. Tolson

Gloria TroppTom Weatherly; first monday scottsboro alabama; Contributors; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8213-5

OCLC:

427559678