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Books on: black poetry

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The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry

Book by Joan R. Sherman, George Moses Horton; University of North Carolina Press, 1997

Subjects:

African Americans--North Carolina--Poetry, Slavery--North Carolina--Poetry, Slaves--North Carolina--Poetry

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Taught Slave Found How to Make Poetry Pay." The News and Observer...Collection of North Carolina Poetry. 2 vols. Raleigh: Warren...Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The New York Public...Unity in Early American Black Poetry." College Language Association...
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Dramatic Encounters: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Drama, Poetry, and Humor and the Black-Jewish Literary Relationship

Book by Louis Harap; Greenwood Press, 1987

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African Americans--Relations With Jews, American Drama--Jewish Authors--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Jewish Wit And Humor--History And Criticism, Jews In Literature, Judaism And Literature--United States, United States--Race Relations

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...strike took the form of a Black- Jewish confrontation...small local group of Blacks in about two thousand...of Present Dialogue, Black vs. Negro" challenged Blacks to "poison" and "stab...anti-Semitic Black poetry was that of LeRoi Jones...in several forms--poetry, drama, criticism...
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The Black Surrealists

Book by Jean-Claude Michel; Peter Lang, 2000

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Blacks In Literature, French Poetry--Black Authors--History And Criticism, Surrealism (Literature)--French-Speaking Countries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Collins, Marie, ed. Black Poets in French: a Collection...Contemporary Latin-American Poetry. Nor- folk, poets; Pressoir...Three Thousand Years of Black Poetry. New York: Dodd, Mead and...and Ulli Beir, eds. Modern Poetry from Africa. Baltimore, Md...
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The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt

Book by Black Elk, John G. Neihardt, Raymond J. DeMallie; University of Nebraska Press, 1984

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Black Elk--1863-1950, Oglala Indians--Biography, Oglala Indians--Religion, Oglala Philosophy

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Philosophy, Entire Library

...often it seemed as though Black Elk were only repeating my own thoughts or my own poetry although he knows no English...often while I was talking with Black Elk. Over and over he seemed...Knee Creek, Neihardt told Black Elk about a dramatic incident...
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Close Listening: Poetry and the Performed Word

Book by Charles Bernstein; Oxford University Press, 1998

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American Poetry--History And Criticism, English Poetry--History And Criticism, Poetics, Poetry

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Folksong Composition and the New Black Poetry," in Black Southern Voices...Understanding the New Black Poetry New York: William Morrow...Geneva Smitherman, "The Black Idiom and the New Black Poetry," Black Creation , no. 6...

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Journal Articles on: black poetry

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The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry

Journal article by Julian Mason; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1998

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Books--Reviews, The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry by JULIAN MASON The Black Bard...George Moses Horton and His Poetry, ed. Joan R. Sherman. Chapel...the Study of African American Poetry, which is now thriving and...
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Subverting the History of Slavery and Colonization in the Poetry of M. Al-Fayturi and Langston Hughes

Journal article by Saddik Mohamed Gohar; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 32, 2008

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Hughes, Langston, Lumumba, Patrice, Poetry, Poets, Robeson, Paul, Slavery

Collections: History, Entire Library

...remains faithful to the black/African cause, putting...from the folklore poetry of the Harlem Renaissance to the revolutionary poetry of the 1930s, is emphasized...racial conflict between blacks and whites is replaced...is difficult to write poetry about nature and love. Instead, the committed black poet should write about...Hughes also warns blacks and all the oppressed...
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"Death Blots Black Out": Thermodynamics and the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Journal article by Jude V. Nixon; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 40, 2002

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Hopkins, Gerard Manley--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature and science--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Science in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Thermodynamics--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

"Death blots black out": thermodynamics and the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. by Jude V. Nixon HOPKINS POETRY EMPLOYS TO A MARKED DEGREE TROPES OF...encounter with any text, be it metaphysics, poetry or biology, is linguistic, for texts...
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Strange Music: Engaging Imaginatively with the Family of Elizabeth Barrett Browning from a Creole and Black Woman's Perspective

Journal article by Laura Fish; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 44, 2006

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett--Criticism and interpretation, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett--Works, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Strange Music (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...emphasised the passivity of blacks, their lack of ability to...Pilgrims Point" give to a black woman the gift of speech...beyond the sphere of human poetry in its "absolute unapproachable...than a woman. Is this so with black and white; slave and master...soul, but a page filled with poetry can be a stage for life as...
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The Art of Black and White: Wei-Ch'i in Chinese Poetry

Journal article by Zu-Yan Chen; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 117, 1997

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Chinese poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Go (Game)--Usage

Collections: History, Entire Library

The art of black and white: wei-chi in Chinese poetry. by Zu-Yan Chen Wei-chi is...The association of wei-chi with poetry is due not only to the games sophistication...since the Tang dynasty, when both poetry and wei-chi enjoyed a golden...

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Magazine Articles on: black poetry

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Keeping Black Poetry Alive

Magazine article by Diane Mehta; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 23, September 21, 2006

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Black students, Conferences, Creative writing, Cultural differences, Folk music, Guidelines, Music videos, Nonfiction, Poetry

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Keeping Black Poetry Alive by Diane Mehta Thomas...fighting for the soul of Black poetry, a struggle that takes...more White students than Black, but theyre all coming...visually oriented performance poetry and music videos. "The...
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A Furious Flowering of Poetry: Conference to Document, Analyze Black Arts Movement of the '60s

Magazine article by Denise Hawkins; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 11, August 25, 1994

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African Americans, Black literature, Brooks, Gwendolyn, Gabbins, Joanne V., Harrisonburg, VA, Literature, Poetry

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...Furious Flowering of Poetry: Conference to Document, Analyze Black Arts Movement of the...Furious Flowering of Poetry: Conference to Document...especially those from the Black Arts Movement, saw their poetry as part of the revolution...
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Sorrow Songs and Flying Away: Religious Influence on Black Poetry

Magazine article by Yusef Komunyakaa; Cross Currents, Vol. 57, Summer 2007

Subjects:

African American poetry--Religious aspects, American poetry--African American authors, American poetry--Religious aspects, Art and religion--Evaluation, Spirituals (Songs)--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Religious Influence on Black Poetry. by Yusef Komunyakaa When blacks first encountered...folk songs, and poetry. It was a literature...of the struggle for black self-definition...in African American poetry. Though the spirituals...
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Web Site Highlights Paul Laurence Dunbar's Poetry

Magazine article by Ronald Roach; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 21, February 26, 2004

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906), Poetry, Poets, Web sites

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Web Site Highlights Paul Laurence Dunbars Poetry by Ronald Roach Nearly 100 years after his death in 1906, Paul...visits daily to learn of Dunbar, and to read and hear, h is poetry. The poems are read by Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin, professor...
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The Current Toast of the Poetry World

Magazine article by Kendra Hamilton; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 19, April 25, 2002

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African Americans, Awards & honors, Personal profiles, Phillips, Carl, Poetry, Poets

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The Current Toast of the Poetry World by Kendra Hamilton CHARLOTTESVILLE...American poet to win the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a highly coveted prize that...by now. Phillips very first book of poetry, In the Blood, won the Samuel French...

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Newspaper Articles on: black poetry

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A Late Romantic, Black Poetry

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 8, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

A Late Romantic, Black Poetry. Byline: James Brown, SPECIAL TO...youre shopping for friends who read poetry, consider The Selected Works of Elinor...And some of her most interesting poetry can be minimalist. In "Incantation...
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Southern Poetry Floods in; Listen Up: Ony Uhiara Plays Oya in in the Red and Brown Water, a Tale of Yoruban Mythology and Contemporary Black America, Played out on a Watery Stage

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 6, 2008

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Theater

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Southern Poetry Floods in; Listen Up: Ony Uhiara Plays...Tale of Yoruban Mythology and Contemporary Black America, Played out on a Watery Stage...mythology with the experiences of contemporary black Americans. It tells the tale of Oya...
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Arts: Poetry, His Potent Weapon

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), October 19, 2007

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Black History Month, Poetry, Poets, Theater--Theater reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Arts: Poetry, His Potent Weapon. Byline: Joe...choice to guest for Liverpools take on Black History Month. "I came to poetry through politics," says Linton...and Martin Carter from Guyana. "Poetry, for me, is the distillation of...
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Sex Pest Claim Rocks Race for Top Poetry Post

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 11, 2009

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Poetry, Poets, Rocks

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Caribbean, would be the first black holder of the Oxford professorship of poetry - previous incumbents include...are acting as purveyors of poetry not of chastity. She told...or Shelley as a professor of poetry, neither of whom had personal...
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Portrait of the Beatnik as an Old Poet; Hero of the Sixties Counterculture Michael Horovitz Tells Tim Willis Why It Would Take Uncommon Sense for Him to Be Appointed Oxford Professor of Poetry on Friday

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 15, 2010

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Horovitz, Michael--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Poetry, Poets--Appointments, resignations and dismissals

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Appointed Oxford Professor of Poetry on Friday. Byline: Tim Willis...the Oxford University Chair of Poetry hadnt descended into black farce last year, your correspondent...organiser of 1965s legendary Poetry Internationale at the Albert...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: black poetry

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Damas, LÉon

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...adherents of negritude , a cultural movement emphasizing black consciousness. His poetry mirrors his intense personality; it is agitated...representation on the page. Anthologies of his verse include Black Label (1956) and Pigments (1960). His African...
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Creeley, Robert

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Olson , he was a leading member of the Black Mountain school of poetry and for a time (1954 57) was editor of the Black Mountain Review. Creeleys poems have...spare lyricism. His works include the poetry of Pieces (1969), Selected Poems...
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Spanish American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Indians" and the author of the "black legend" of Spain. Early poetry includes Chiles epic poem, La...intellectual, known for her lyric poetry, plays, and prose; and the...Caviedes, known for his satiric poetry and sharp wit. The Nineteenth...
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Cullen, Countee

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Harvard, 1926. A major writer of the Harlem Renaissance a flowering of black artistic and literary talent in the 1920s Cullen wrote poetry inspired by American black life. His technique was conventional, modeled on that of John Keats, and...
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CÉsaire, AimÉ

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...concerned with the plight of blacks in what he considered a decadent...Cesaire voiced this idea through poetry, collected in such volumes...literary output, which comprises poetry, plays, and historical essays on black leaders, Cesaire helped Martinique...Assembly. See his Collected Poetry (tr. 1984); studies by...

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