Angles of Ascent A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry

Name: Angles of Ascent A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry
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ISBN: 9780393339406

ISBN-10: 0393339408

ISBN-13: 9780393339406

Edition: 2012

Authors: Charles H. Rowell

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This is not just another poetry anthology. It is a gathering of poems that demonstrate what happens when writers in a marginalized community collectively turn from dedicating their writing to political, social, and economic struggles, and instead devote themselves to the art of their poems and to the ideas they embody. These poets bear witness to the interior landscapes of their own individual selves or examine the private or personal worlds of invented personae and, therefore, of human beings living in our modern and postmodern worlds. The anthology focuses on post-1960s poetry and includes such poets as Rita Dove, Ai, Nathaniel Mackey, Natasha Trethewey, Kevin Young, Terrence Hayes,…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/4/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Charles Henry Rowell is the founder and editor of the premier literary and cultural journal of the African diaspora, Callaloo. He is a professor of English at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where he lives.