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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 811.54080896073 EAN: 9780316347105 ISBN: 0316347108 Label: Back Bay Books Manufacturer: Back Bay Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 344 Publication Date: February 08, 1994 Publisher: Back Bay Books Studio: Back Bay Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep" is a rich collection of the work of post-World War II African-American poets. It brings together the voices of the most important African-American poets of our time, beginning with the highly influential Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks, and covers an astonishing range of styles and techniques. This extraordinary body of poetry is the flowering of an artistic tradition established earlier in this century by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. The newer work comprises many different visions, ranging from the chiseled and layered modernism of Jay Wright to the plainspoken ferocity of Sonia Sanchez, from the dazzling witticisms of Ishmael Reed to the plangent lyricism of Rita Dove. Edited by the distinguished poet Michael Harper and his star student and colleague Anthony Walton, this notable collection of work will be the standard anthology in the field for years to come. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Superb collectionA superb collection of influential and inspirational poets, Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep is a wonderful addition to any poetry enthusiast's library. Assembled by Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton; this anthology of African-American penned poems features thought provoking and surprisingly emotionally pumping entries by post WWII writers Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Lucille Clifton, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Alexander, and Harper himself to boot ... Read More Rating: - Brilliant Poetry CollidesA collection of some of the greatest African-American poets. A wonderful synthesis of some of the most fantastic, most underestimated minds in society. 
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