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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song

A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present More
Edited by Kevin Young

“This is a historic achievement. Kevin Young has given us the most expansive anthology of African American poetry to date, magnificent in its breadth and scholarly in its depth. Including the well-known and the forgotten, this astonishing collection casts the widest net possible, making it evident that so much of the center of American poetry is Black poetry.”
—CATHY PARK HONG, author of Minor Feelings

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ISBN: 978-1-59853-666-9 1150 pages

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N° 333 Library of America Series

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