| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxii, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
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nat Americans |
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eth African Americans |
| Contents |
Ja zz: (the "say what?") is is ja lives / Amiri Baraka -- Dukes world / Amiri Baraka -- Domino theory (or Snoop Dogg rules the world) / Kenneth Carroll -- Theory on extinction or what happened to the dinosaurs? / Kenneth Carroll -- Upper Marlboro / Kenneth Carroll -- Something easy for ultra Black nationalists / Kenneth Carroll -- Short poem / Kenneth Carroll -- History as trash / Michelle Clinton -- Traditional post-modern neo-hoodoo afra-centric sister in a purple head rag mourning death and cooking / Michelle Clinton -- Seth Bingham / William W. Cook -- Still-life with woodstove / William W. Cook -- Spiritual / William W. Cook -- Black boys play the classics / Toi Derricotte -- Family secrets / Toi Derricotte -- 1994 inventory / Toi Derricotte -- From a letter: about snow / Toi Derricotte -- Vacation / Rita Dove -- In the old neighborhood / Rita Dove -- Drama / Suliaman El-Hadi -- Tired man / Suliaman El-Hadi -- Girl / Kelly Norman Ellis -- Tougaloo blues / Kelly Norman Ellis -- Phantom pains / Kelly Norman Ellis -- Boys of summer / Kelly Norman Ellis -- At General Electric, where they eat their/young / Robert Farr -- Van/Dyke / Robert Farr -- Lobengula: having a son at 38 / Nikky Finney -- Fishing among the learned / Nikky Finney -- This poem / Ruth Forman -- Waitin on summer / Ruth Forman -- Green boots n lil honeys / Ruth Forman -- You so woman / Ruth Forman -- Revolution / Brian Gilmore -- To be or not to be ... / Brian Gilmore -- Coming to the net / Brian Gilmore -- Gas station attendant / Brian Gilmore -- Daughter, that picture of you / Keith Gilyard -- Portraits of a moment / Keith Gilyard -- Letter / Keith Gilyard -- On top of it all / Keith Gilyard -- Cuz' mama played jazz / Daniel Gray-Kontar -- Not no socialism/communism classical, but some power to the people jazz / Daniel Gray-Kontar -- July / Daniel Gray-Kontar -- For my father / Duriel Harris -- Landscapes / Duriel Harris -- On the uptown Lexington Avenue express: Martin Luther King Day 1995 / Duriel Harris -- What we have lost / Duriel Harris -- "C" ing in colors: red / Safiya Henderson-Holmes -- "C" ing in colors: blue / Safiya Henderson-Holmes -- Fugitive slaves ... / Gale Jackson -- Alice / Gale Jackson -- Some of Betty's story round 1850 / Gale Jackson -- Blunts / Major L. Jackson -- Some kind of crazy / Major L. Jackson -- Don Pullen at the Zanzibar Blue Jazz Cafe, 1994 / Major L. Jackson -- Goree / Harriet Jacobs. |
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And sometimes I hear this song in my head / Harriet Jacobs -- Imagination in flight: an improvisational duet / Harriet Jacobs -- Growing into my name / Harriet Jacobs -- On extending the olive branch to my own self / Harriet Jacobs -- About our hips / Harriet Jacobs -- Lesson on braces / Valerie Jean -- On apologies / Valerie Jean -- If I write a poem ... / A. Van Jordan -- A dance lesson / A. Van Jordan -- My father's retirement / A. Van Jordan -- Dream/eaters / Shirley Bradley LeFlore -- Rayboy blk & bluz / Shirley Bradley LeFlore -- This poem / Shirley Bradley LeFlore -- Delirium / Norman Loftis -- Big John / Norman Loftis -- Ruth / Norman Loftis -- Fights after school / Norman Loftis -- Brief encounter / Norman Loftis -- In memorium: robert hayden / Norman Loftis -- Poet: what ever happened to luther? / Haki R. Madhubuti -- Magnificent tomorrows / Haki R. Madhubuti -- Possibilities: remembering Malcolm X / Haki R. Madhubuti -- Union of two / Haki R. Madhubuti -- Fire keeper / Bahiyyih Maroon -- Nude womon spotted in cappuccino cup as advertising dollar co-opts another life / Bahiyyih Maroon -- Neighbor / Bahiyyih Maroon -- Big house revisited / Tony Medina -- After the verdict / Tony Medina -- My father's girlfriend / E. Ethelbert Miller -- You send me: Bertha Franklin, December 11, 1964 / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Night before the first day of school / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Players / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Boys of summer / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Song poem / Lenard D. Moore -- Gifts / Lenard D. Moore -- Haiku / Lenard D. Moore -- Tanka / Lenard D. Moore -- Children of the future / Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin -- Foxfire / Dominique Parker -- Sand / Dominique Parker -- Art of the nickname / Dominique Parker -- When Mark Deloach ruled the world / Dominique Parker -- Milestone: the birth of an ancestor / Eugene B. Redmond -- Gwensways / Eugene B. Redmond -- Aerolingual poet of prey / Eugene B. Redmond -- I am not the walrus / Ishmael Reed -- El Paso monologue / Ishmael Reed -- Moon/light quarter/back sack / Samuel F. Reynolds -- Whipping / Samuel F. Reynolds -- An open letter to all Black poets / Samuel F. Reynolds -- Suite repose / Carl Hancock Rux -- Pledge of allegiance / Carl Hancock Rux -- A whole two weeks after the Million Man March and still, if you'd ask me, this is all I could say about it / Richard Rykard -- New Orleans haiku / Kalamu ya Salaam -- I live in the mouth of history / Kalamu ya Salaam -- I just heard John Buffington died / Kalamu ya Salaam -- Little Black girls, the original eve (spreadin' more beautiful brown around) / Karen Williams -- There's history in my hair / Karen Williams -- In my grandmother's living room / Karen Williams -- Ntarama (Rwanda) chronicles / Karen Williams -- For backwards buppies / Karen Williams -- Jazz (a new interpretation) / Karen Williams -- Merging / Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams -- Afrocentricity / Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams -- For the dancer / Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams -- Meaning of the smell of sweat / Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams. |
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Tongues in my mouth / Demetrice A. Worley -- Dancing in the dark / Demetrice A. Worley -- Las flores para una nina negra / Demetrice A. Worley -- Sandra / Demetrice A. Worley -- Blue Monday / Al Young -- Ravel: Bolero / Al Young -- Written in bracing, gray L.A. rainlight / Al Young -- Fifty-fifty / Al Young -- One snapshot I couldn't take in France / Al Young -- Reward / Kevin Young -- Southern University, 1962 / Kevin Young -- Eddie Priest's barbershop & notary / Kevin Young. |
| Summary |
Spirit & Flame celebrates the creativity of the African American poet. This volume, comprising more than two hundred pieces, delivers the artistic and political fervor of new and established black voices around the country - in the oral tradition; in tanka and sonnets; in lyrics that echo the sound of jazz, hip hop, and rap. Heir to the classic Black Fire published in 1968, the book exemplifies modern black aesthetics, bringing together some of the best African American. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- African American authors.
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American poetry -- African American authors. |
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African Americans -- Poetry.
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African Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Subject |
Anthologie. |
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Lyrik. |
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Schwarze. |
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USA. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Gilyard, Keith, 1952-
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| Added Title |
Spirit and flame |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Spirit & flame. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1997 (OCoLC)606120747 |
| ISBN |
0815627300 (alkaline paper) |
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9780815627302 (alkaline paper) |
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0815627319 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815627319 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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