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Author
Publisher
Oak Publications
Pub. Date
[1963]
Language
English
Description
Musicologist and writer Samuel Charters (1929–2015) considered blues lyrics a profound cultural expression that could connect all people who love poetry. A pioneer in the exploration of world music, Charters conducted research that brought obscure musicians of the American South and Appalachia into the mainstream. In this landmark volume, the noted blues historian and folklorist presents a rich exploration of blues songs as folk poetry, quoting...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
From one of America's most celebrated poets, Nikki Giovanni, comes this poignant collection of poetry that celebrates the simple pleasures of everyday life and the bonds we share with those closest to us. "This slim volume delights on every page. There are stories, imaginings, whimsy, and startling images which prove the poet's power and her command of language... Anyone with a love of language will be delighted with this book and the continuing publication...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, An imprint of HarperCollins Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, inform and inspire. Sometimes controversial, sometimes ethereal, but always beautiful, her poems move readers of all hues and generations. With Bicycles, she's collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 Love Poems. An instant classic,...
Author
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Margaret Walker became the first African American to win a national literary award when her collection For My People was chosen for the Yale Series of Younger Poets in 1942. Over the next fifty years she enriched American literature in endless ways through her writings and, in 1993, she received the National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement.
This Is My Century is Walker's own defining summation of her career. Selected by the author herself,...
17) Roll deep: poems
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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