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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Interview with June Jordan | |
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| Of What Use Is Poetry? (Babalu Meets the Wolfman) | |
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| The Domino Theory (Or Snoop Dogg Rules the World) | |
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| Friday Night | |
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| She Should Have Called 911 | |
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| American Dialogue | |
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| L.A. (Lost Assholes) | |
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| Hoochie Route | |
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| Rhetorically Speaking | |
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| If Randi Could Write | |
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| Rhonda, Age 15 Emergency Room | |
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| the subtle art of breathing | |
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| Out of Pocket | |
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| The Gathering | |
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| Spirits Struggle | |
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| Elegy for a Martyred Poet | |
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| Tears | |
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| Poem to the World | |
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| Too Many | |
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| Poem for Derrick Gilbert | |
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| Interview with Amiri Baraka | |
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| Revolutionary Love | |
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| Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing | |
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| Oseola McCarty | |
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| Lovesong to My Father | |
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| Saturday Morning Pancakes | |
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| Artichoke Pickle Passion: Sonnet | |
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| Familee Reunion Tyme | |
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| Companion Pieces | |
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| Fat Grass and Slow Rain | |
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| Tanka | |
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| Haiku | |
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| Haiku | |
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| Haiku | |
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| Hazing | |
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| Homecoming | |
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| Mountain Wife | |
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| Things I Do Not Speak | |
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| Biological Didn't Bother | |
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| Thin Water | |
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| I'm Raising Children | |
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| A Bonding | |
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| Interview with Ntozake Shange | |
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| The Lizard Series | |
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| Love | |
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| Your Tears Feel Good on the Hood of My Car | |
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| Sat. Nite | |
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| Troy | |
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| In the Twilight | |
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| Out-of-Body Experience | |
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| Hoodoo | |
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| Touch Her | |
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| Prayer | |
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| i am open | |
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| That Was Then | |
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| Shot to the Curb | |
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| English Lace | |
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| But There Are Miles | |
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| Brown Girl Blues | |
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| I Was Looking at Miles | |
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| Curious White Boy | |
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| My Woman | |
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| On the Morning St. Bernard | |
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| What Do I Want from Men and Love? | |
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| Everyday | |
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| Amazon | |
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| Interview with Abiodun Oyewole | |
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| When the Revolution Comes | |
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| To Hell with Whitey | |
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| But Can You Kill the Nigga in You? | |
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| The Divided States of America | |
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| Revolution | |
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| Pardon Me | |
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| Don't Hate Me! | |
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| Capitalism Is a Brutal Motherfucker | |
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| A Philosophical Perspective on Everyday Shit | |
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| Mind of a Madman | |
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| Donut Man | |
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| In Search of Aunt Jemima | |
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| Alice Flips the Script | |
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| Grenudita | |
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| It's Hard! | |
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| Moment 9/The Woman | |
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| Karma's Footsteps | |
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| Future Shock | |
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| Interview with Quincy Troupe | |
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| Haiku | |
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| Duke Checks Out Ella As She Scats Like That | |
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| Ju-Ju Man | |
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| Milestones: September 28, 1991 | |
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| I Remember 1983 | |
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| Gems | |
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| Blood, Sweat, and Fears | |
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| Nuns in the Basement of God | |
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| Praise Song for Katherine Dunham: A Choreopoem | |
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| Poem for Tracy (Chapman) | |
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| Flying High | |
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| Kissing Keys | |
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| Asking for a Heart Attack | |
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| Collage | |
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| Interview with Sonia Sanchez | |
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| Catch the Fire | |
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| Soon One Morning, I'll Fly Away | |
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| At the Border of Constant Disaster | |
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| Doris | |
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| Miracle | |
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| Our Spirit Stands | |
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| Mumble the Magic Words | |
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| Just Us | |
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| Eye and Eye | |
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| Recitation | |
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| Dream Fix | |
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| Sister Roll | |
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| Sonia Told the Women | |
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| The Fire in the Drum | |
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| Let's All Take the Blame | |
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| Revelation in Brick City | |
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| Sankofa | |
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| But Since You Finally Asked | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index of Contributors | |